INDEX 



V Acids are all listed under " acid," and salts under the positive radical. 



ACETYLENE, 333, 351 

 Acid, acetic, 419 



boric, 363 



carbonic, 336 



hydrochloric, 125-31 

 composition of, 146-7 



hydrosulphuric, 255 



hypochlorous, 223-6 



nitric, 308-11, 313-4 



nitrosylsulphuric, 265 



nitrous, 314 



phosphoric, 322 



picric, 484 



silicic, 360 



sulphuric, 261-71 

 chamber process, 264 

 concentration, 269 

 contact process, 261 

 fuming, 271 



sulphurous, 259 

 Acids, properties of, 131, 170, 191 



organic, 348 

 Activity, 27, 159-61 



order of metals, 54 



order of non-metals, 209 

 Adsorption, 421 

 Affinity, 159-60 

 Air, 26, 288-96 



a mixture, 293 



carbon dioxide in, 291-2 



dust in, 292-3 



liquid, 29, 294-6 



water vapor in, 288-90 

 Alcohol, industrial, 418 

 Alcohols, 348 



Aldehydes, 348 



Alkalies, 168 



Allotropic modifications, 220, 249 



Alloys, anti-friction, 326 



fusible, 326 



steel, 493 

 Aluminates, 468 

 Aluminium, 466-8 



salts of,' 468-70 

 Alums, 469 

 Amalgams, 516-7 

 Ammonia, 299-306 



-oxidation process, 313 

 Ammonium salts, 304-5 

 Anhydrides, 257 

 Animal life and nutrition, 428-9 

 Anthracene, 353 

 Antimony, 325-6 

 Appendix, 557-8 



Aqueous tension, .correction for, 47 

 Argon, 296 

 Arsenic, 323-5 

 Atmosphere, 288-96 

 Atomic disintegration, 544 



energy, 546-8 



numbers, 548-50 



structure, 552-3 



weights, 76, 77, 85, 281 

 Atoms, 85 

 Attributes, 7 



BABBITT'S metal, 326 

 Bakelite, 481 

 Baking powders, 430 

 soda, 366 



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