For more than 90 years, researchers around the world have relied on the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics for authoritative, up-to-date data. This year will be no exception. New tables, extensive updates, and added sections mean the Handbook again sets a new standard for reliability, utility, and thoroughness.
This Edition includes seven new tables:
Vapor Pressure of the Metallic Elements
Electrical Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions
Proton Affinities
Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths
Selected Properties of Semiconductor Solid Solutions
Vapor Pressures (Solvent Activities) for Binary Polymer Solutions
Density of Sulfuric Acid
Substantial revisions and extensive updates of more than 20 tables including:
NIST Atomic Transition Probability Tables
Summary Tables of Particle Properties
Threshold Limits for Airborne Contaminants
Bond Dissociation Energy
Standard Transformed Gibbs Energy of Formation for Important Biochemical Species
Sources of Physical and Chemical Data appendix
And more!
The 86th Edition also marks a fresh look for the Handbook. A larger format and new layout makes it easier to read and a new typeface makes the tables and diagrams crystal clear.
While I keep the massive recent editions in my study, I keep my original one, the 23rd edition, on my bedside table, for it is easy to handle (especially when one is reading in bed), and was my most cherished gift as a boy. Indeed, one way and another, whether reading in bed or in my study, I have always had a Handbook near me. While the CRC Handbook is monumental in its scope, a huge, always-to-be-relied-upon mine of information, it is also a friendly book, a companion which has given me joy for the greater part of my life.