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Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry EOnORIAL
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J. C. B A I L A R JR., Η. J . E M E L Ι U S , F.R.S.,
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t S I R R O N A L D N Y H O L M , F.R.S., A. F. T R O T M A N - D I C K E N S O N , (Executive Editor)
London Cardiff
The Chemistry of
THE MONATOMIC GASES
A . H . C o c k e t t , K . C . S m i t h , Neu
Bartlett and F. O . Sladky
Chapters 5 a n d 6 o f Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry
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PREFACE T h e excellent r e c e p t i o n t h a t h a s b e e n a c c o r d e d t o Compre hensive Inorganic Chemistry since t h e s i m u l t a n e o u s p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e five v o l u m e s of t h e c o m p l e t e w o r k h a s b e e n a c c o m p a n i e d b y t h e p l e a t h a t sections s h o u l d b e m a d e available in a f o r m t h a t w o u l d e n a b l e specialists t o p u r c h a s e copies for t h e i r o w n use. T o m e e t this d e m a n d t h e p u b l i s h e r s h a v e decided t o issue selected c h a p t e r s a n d g r o u p s of c h a p t e r s as s e p a r a t e e d i t i o n s . T h e s e c h a p t e r s will, a p a r t f r o m t h e c o r r e c t i o n s of m i s p r i n t s a n d t h e a d d i t i o n of p r e f a t o r