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EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES 



WITH THE 



ELECTRIC FURNACE 



BY 



HENRI MOISSAN 



MEMBRE DE I.'lNSTITUT ; PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT THE SORBONNE 



TRANSLATED BY A. T. DE MOUILPIED 



B.SC. (LOND.), M.SC. (VICT.), PH.D. 

 ASSISTANT LECTURER IN CHEMISTRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL 



THIS work embodies the original French Edition, together 

 with the new matter incorporated in the German Edition. 

 Moreover, Professor Moissan has written, specially for this edition, 

 a chapter dealing with the most recent work. The book is divided 

 into five chapters. In the first are described the different types of 

 electric furnaces used in these researches, and their application 

 to the study of the fusion and the volatilisation of a number of 

 refractory bodies. 



The second chapter contains a study of the three varieties 

 of carbon : amorphous carbon, graphite, and the diamond. 



Chapter III deals with the preparation of some elements in 

 the electric furnace. The elements investigated were Chromium, 

 Manganese, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium, Vanadium, Zir- 

 conium, Titanium, Silicon, and Aluminium. 



Chapter IV contains an account of the researches carried out 

 on some new series of binary compounds the carbides, the silicides, 

 and the borides. The preparation, properties, and analyses of 

 hitherto unknown compounds are given. More especially the 

 preparation of calcium carbide has been subjected to fresh inves- 

 tigation, and this is dealt with in some detail. 



The last chapter contains an account of recent work. 



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