Table of Contents Volume I Front Matter List of Editors Introduction National and Local Systems of Weights and Measures

(a) International Metric System (b) Modern Systems (c) Systems of Antiquity Symbols, Basic Constants, Conversion Data, Dimensions, Definitions Symbols and Abbreviations Fundamental Constants Conversion Factors and Dimensional Formulae Hydrometer Scales Technical Efflux Viscometers Selected Scientific and Technical Terms: Definitions, Dimensional Formulae, etc Chemical Elements and Atoms Atomic Weights Table of Isotopes The Periodic System Structure of the Isolated Atom Laboratory Technique Thermometry 1. Thermometric Scales 2. The Standard Thermodynamic Scale 3. Fixed Points 4. Resistance Thermometers 5. Liquid-in-Glass Thermometers 6. Thermocouples Optical Pyrometry Laboratory Methods for Producing and Maintaining Constant Temperatures 1. Temperatures Below 0C Laboratory Methods for Production of Cold 2. Temperatures Above 0C Maximum Temperatures That can be Reached and Maintained by Various Means Laboratory Methods for Maintaining Constant Humidity Barometry and Manometry Psychrometry, Density of Moist Air, Change in Barometric Pressure with Altitude Volume of Liquid Menisci Weights and Weighing i ii iv 1 1 2 14 16 16 17 18 31 32 34 43 43 45 46 47 52 52 52 52 53 54 54 57 59 61 61 62 66 67 67 68 71 72 73

Volume of a Mass of Liquid of Known Weight in Air Standard Buffer Solutions and Acid-base Indicators High Vacuum Technique Psychological Data Pertaining to Errors of Observation Arrangement of Chemical Substances and Systems in I. C. T. Physical Properties of Chemical Substances Introduction Elementary Substances and Atmospheric Air; A-Table The Gaseous State The Liquid State The Crystalline State Chemical Compounds; B-Table H2O [(C2H5)3SCl]2PtCl4 [C2H5NH2]2H2PtCl6 Be3N2 Be(NO3)23H2O CsLiCl2 Boiling Points Refractive Indices Index of Mineral Names Chemical Compounds; C-Table CBi2O5 C6H10O5 C6H10O5 C9H10O4 C9H10O4 C13H24O4 C13H24O4 C72H88N6O20 Refractive Index Index: Abietic acid, 5477 ... Diisoamyl Ketone, 4171 Index: Diisoamyl Oxalate, 4391 ... p-Nitrobenzaldehyde, 1895 Index: p-Nitrobenzamide, 1981 ... Zygadenine, 6120 Property-Substance Tables Liquid Crystals Crystallography of Compounds of Carbon B-Table C-Table X-Ray Diffraction Data for Crystals and Liquids Some Numerical Data Pertaining to Dispersoidology Sweetening Agents Odoriferous Materials Radioactivity International Table of the Radioactive Elements and Their Constants Physical Properties of Radioactive Elements Artificial Disintegration of the Elements

80 81 91 92 96 96 98 102 102 102 103 106 106 126 141 162 165 174 176 176 202 228 251 276 280 289 299 306 314 320 320 324 338 354 357 358 361 362 364 365

Electron Emission Produced by Radiations from Radioactive Substances Energy of Radioactive Processes Chemical Effects of -Particles Saturation Current: Absorption in Liquids and Solids Radioactive Radiations in Gases Beta-Rays: Absorption and Diffusion in Liquids and Solids Wave Lengths of Gamma-Rays Ionizing Radiations from Ordinary Substances Distribution of Radioactive Materials in the Atmosphere, the Hydrosphere and the Lithosphere Ages of Minerals and Rocks Based on Radioactive Changes Astronomical and Geodetic Data Selected Physical Properties of Stars and Nebulae (a) Spectral Classes, Masses, Densities, Temperatures, Diameters (b) Distribution (c) Motions Distribution of Stars Distribution of Nebulae Motions of the Stars and Nebulae Time: Units, Correlation of Chronological Eras, Equation of Time The Solar System: Orbital Data, Selected Characteristics of the Members Composition of the Atmosphere Miscellaneous Geodetic Data Gravity Data: At Over 400 Selected Stations, Correction for Depth and Height, The Gravitation Constant Aerodynamics Literature References

365 366 366 367 369 370 371 372 372 381 384 384 384 388 389 385 388 389 391 392 393 393 395 402 412