
An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. With Explanatory NotesBy Henry Paul TalbotLength6h 57m
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Henry Paul Talbot's *An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis* is a practical yet conceptually rigorous guide to the measurement of chemical substances. Organized around the principal operations of quantitative analysis—especially gravimetric and volumetric methods—it explains laboratory procedure, calculation, accuracy, sources of error, and the interpretation of results. Its clear, methodical exposition reflects the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century transformation of chemistry into an experimentally disciplined science, while its emphasis on observation and numerical accountability places it within the tradition of the laboratory manual as well as the university textbook. The book is designed not merely to prescribe experiments, but to cultivate habits of precision and analytical judgment. Talbot, an American chemist and educator associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote from the standpoint of a teacher deeply concerned with the systematic training of beginning chemists. His pedagogical experience shaped a work that joins theoretical explanation to carefully ordered practice, making chemical analysis intelligible as a mode of reasoning rather than a collection of recipes. The text also reflects the period's growing demand for scientifically trained professionals in academic, industrial, and technical settings. This book is recommended to readers interested in the history of chemical education, the development of analytical chemistry, or the intellectual culture of the modern laboratory. Students and instructors will value its disciplined presentation, while historians of science will find in it a revealing document of how precision, reproducibility, and quantitative thought were taught to emerging generations of chemists.
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GenreScience and Nature
Length6 hrs 57 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 1, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
2QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
3PART I
4GENERAL DIRECTIONS
5PART II
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6GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR VOLUMETRIC ANALYSES
7I. NEUTRALIZATION METHODS
8GENERAL DISCUSSION
9STANDARDIZATION OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID
10DETERMINATION OF THE TOTAL ALKALINE STRENGTH OF SODA ASH
11DETERMINATION OF THE ACID STRENGTH OF OXALIC ACID
12II. OXIDATION PROCESSES
13BICHROMATE PROCESS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF IRON
14DETERMINATION OF IRON IN LIMONITE
15DETERMINATION OF CHROMIUM IN CHROME IRON ORE
16PERMANGANATE PROCESS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF IRON
17DETERMINATION OF IRON IN LIMONITE
18DETERMINATION OF THE OXIDIZING POWER OF PYROLUSITE
19IODIMETRY
20DETERMINATION OF COPPER IN ORES
21DETERMINATION OF ANTIMONY IN STIBNITE
22CHLORIMETRY
23DETERMINATION OF THE AVAILABLE CHLORINE IN BLEACHING POWDER
24III. PRECIPITATION METHODS
25DETERMINATION OF SILVER BY THE THIOCYANATE PROCESS
26PART III
27GENERAL DIRECTIONS
28DETERMINATION OF CHLORINE IN SODIUM CHLORIDE
29DETERMINATION OF IRON AND OF SULPHUR IN FERROUS AMMONIUM SULPHATE,
30DETERMINATION OF SULPHUR
31DETERMINATION OF SULPHUR IN BARIUM SULPHATE
32DETERMINATION OF PHOSPHORIC ANHYDRIDE IN APATITE
33ANALYSIS OF LIMESTONE
34DETERMINATION OF FERRIC OXIDE AND ALUMINIUM OXIDE (WITH MANGANESE)
35DETERMINATION OF CALCIUM
36DETERMINATION OF MAGNESIUM
37DETERMINATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
38DETERMINATION OF LEAD, COPPER, IRON, AND ZINC IN BRASS
39DETERMINATION OF COPPER AND LEAD
40DETERMINATION OF IRON
41DETERMINATION OF ZINC
42DETERMINATION OF SILICA IN SILICATES
43PART IV
44PROBLEMS
45APPENDIX
46THE FOLDING OF A FILTER PAPER
47Memorable Quotes