Contents. 5 

 CHAPTER V. 



A STUDY OF THE DISSOCIATING POWER OF FREE AND OP COMBINED WATER: PAGE. 



Introduction 119 



Experimental 119 



Apparatus 119 



Solvents 121 



Salts 122 



Solutions 123 



Procedure 124 



Measurements 125 



Tables 125-127 



Discussion of result? 127 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE DIFFERENCE IN CHEMICAL, ACTIVITY OF FREE AND SEMI-COMBINED WATER 

 AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE EFFECT OF NEUTRAL SALTS ON THE HYDROLYSIS 

 OF ACETIC ANHYDRIDE: 



Hydrolysis 131 



Hydrolysis of acetic anhydride 131 



Hydrolysis of salts 134 



Neutral salt action 134 



Effect of neutral salts on catalytic activity of acids 135 



Effect of neutral salts on hydrolysis by water alone 135 



Statement of the problem 137 



Experimental: 



Purification of acetic anhydride 137 



Purification of salts 138 



Apparatus 138 



Solutions 138 



Method of procedure 139 



Calculations 140 



Data 140-143 



Discussion of results. . 143 



