TABLE OF CONTENTS by Howard S. Bean
REFERENCES: "International Critical Tables," McGraw-Hill. "Smithsonian Physical Tables," Smithsonian Institution. Landolt, "Landolt-B rnstein, Zahlenwerte und Funktionen aus Physik, Chemie, Astronomie, Geophysik und Technik," Springer. "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics," Chemical Rubber Co. "Book of ASTM Standards," ASTM. "ASHRAE Refrigeration Data Book," ASHRAE. Brady, "Materials Handbook," McGraw-Hill. Mantell, "Engineering Materials Handbook," McGraw-Hill. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Butterworth Scientific Publications. "U.S. Standard Atmosphere," Government Printing Office. Tables of Thermodynamic Properties of Gases, NIST Circ. 564, ASME Steam Tables.
Thermodynamic properties of a variety of other specific materials are listed also in Secs. 4.1, 4.2, and 9.8. Sonic properties of several materials are listed in Sec. 12.6.
Every elementary substance is made up of exceedingly small particles called atoms which are all alike and which cannot be further subdivided or broken up by chemical processes. It will be noted that this statement is virtually a definition of the term elementary substance and a limitation of the term chemical process. There are as many different classes or families of atoms as there are chemical elements. See Table 6.1.1.
| Element | Symbol | Atomic no. | Atomic weight b | Valence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actinium | Ac | 89 | ||
| Aluminum | A1 | 13 | 26.9815 | 3 |
| Americium | Am | 95 | ||
| Antimony | Sb | 51 | 121.75 | 3, 5 |
| Argon c | Ar | 18 | 39.948 | 0 |
| Arsenic d | As | 33 | 74.9216 | 3, 5 |
| Astatine | At | 85 | ||
| Barium | Ba | 56 | 137.34 | 2 |
