TABLE OF CONTENTS The abbreviations used in the references for titles of journals and periodicals are those used in BP publications practice and conform closely to the recommendations of the Chemical Abstracts system. Abbreviations which have been used to indicate textbook and reference book sources of information are set out below with the full titles and publication details.
| ABCM Quart. Safety Summ., | Quarterly Safety Summaries, London, Association of British Chemical Manufacturers, 1930 1964 |
| ACS 54, 1966 | Advanced Propellant Chemistry, ACS 54, Washington, American Chemical Society, 1966 |
| ACS 88, 1969 | Propellants Manufacture, Hazards and Testing, ACS 88, Washington, American Chemical Society, 1969 |
| Albright, Hanson, 1976 | Industrial and Laboratory Nitrations, ACS Symposium Series 22, Albright, L. F., Hanson, C., (Eds.), Washington, American Chemical Society, 1976 |
| Alkali Metals, 1957 | Alkali Metals, ACS 19, Washington, American Chemical Society, 1957 |
| ASHRAE. J. | American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers Journal, New York. |
| Augustine, 1968 | Reduction, Techniques and Applications in Organic Chemistry, Augustine, R. L., London, Edward Arnold, 1968 |
| Augustine, 1969, 1971 | Oxidation, Techniques and Applications in Organic Synthesis, Augustine, R. L., (Ed.), New York, Marcel Dekker, Vol. 1, 1968, Vol. 2 (with Trecker, D. J.), 1971 |
| Bahme, 1972 | Fire Officer's Guide to Dangerous Chemicals, FSP-36, Bahme, C. W., Boston, National Fire Protection Association, 1972 |
| Bailar, 1973 | Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Bailar, J. C., Emel us, H. J., Nyholm, R. S., Trotman-Dickenson, A. F., (Eds.), Oxford, Pergamon, 5 vols., 1973 |
| BCISC Quart. |
