INDEX 



811 



Mechanical properties — continued 



natural, 242 



quartz, 534 



ropes, 245 

 iron, 209 



leather (see also Leathers) 

 masonic mortars {see also under Building 



materials), 229 

 plastics, 239 

 ropes, 245 



special-purpose alloys, 220 

 steel, 209 



wire, 215 



experimental value, 216 

 plow, 215 

 rope, 215 

 tungsten, 225 



white metal (Babbitt), 226 

 woods, hard, 246 



soft, 254 

 zinc, 225 

 Mechanical units, 4, 187 

 Megabarye, 6 



Melting point: alcohol vs. pressure, 118 

 argon, with pressure, 117, 118 

 compounds, inorganic, 120 



organic, 122 

 effect of pressure, 119 

 elements, 117 

 inorganic compounts, 120 

 lime-alumina-silica compounds, 130 

 liquids, as a function of pressure, 118 

 low-melting-point alloys, 125, 225 

 metals, mixtures, 125 



pressure, 119 

 nitrogen, with pressure, 118 

 organic compounds, 122 

 salts in solution, 131 

 standard, 8, 14, 70, 71, 72, 117 



secondary, 725 

 water, 119 



vs. pressure, 118, 119 

 Melting temperatures: elements, 117 

 eutectic mixtures, 130 

 lime-alumina-silica compounds, 130 

 metals, 72 

 standard, 8, 14 

 Meniscus, volume of mercury, 606 

 Mercury: 



arcs, characteristics, 109 



types, 109 

 atomic: heat, 160 



radius, 643 



volume, 160 



weight, 619 

 boiling point, 117 



pressure, 119 

 compressibility, 282 

 conductivity, super, 394 

 critical points, 276 

 density, 48, 177, 299 



and volume, 299 

 diffusivity, 143 



electrochemical equivalents, 403 

 electron configuration, 582, 583, 622 

 entropy, 177 



Mercury — continued 

 evaporation, 365 

 expansion, cubical, 153 



linear, 147 

 freezing point, 72 

 heat: content, 177 



latent fusion, 165 

 vaporization, 166 



of formation of ions, 186 



specific, 156, 160. 161 

 isotopes, 657 



magnetic susceptibility, 462 

 mean free path, 638 

 melting point, 72, 119 



effect of pressure, 119 

 meniscus, volume, 606 

 molecular diameter, 638 

 optical constants, 560 

 planet. 734 



physical properties, 177 

 pressure, columns, 606 

 resistance, 389 

 resistivity, 385 



pressure effect, 389 

 specific gravity, 48 

 specific heat, 161 



and temperature, 161 

 surface tension, 362 



at solidifying point, 362 

 temperature of equilibrium with vapor, 72 

 thermal conductivity, 138 

 thermal emf, 378 

 thermal properties, 177 

 thermal resistivity, 144 

 thermometers: corrections, 73 



stem, 73 

 vapor: mean free path, 638 



molecular diameter, 638 



pressure at low temperature, 369 



pressure vs. temperature, 372 



properties of. 177 

 velocity of sound in, 307 

 viscosity, 328, 331, 332 



effect of pressure, 334 

 volume, 299 



and temperature, 299 



of glass vessel from weight of Hg, 68 

 wavelength, Hg 198 , 568 

 Meson, 654, 664 

 Mesotron, 654 



Metals: boiling points, 119 

 compressibility, 285, 286 

 crystal structure, 648 

 diffusion of, into metals, 356 

 electrical conductivity, 384, 390 

 emf vs. platinum, 376, 381 

 emmissivities, 98 

 evaporation, 363-367 



equations for, 363 

 constants, 363 



rate of, 363 

 friction, interior, 227 

 interatomic distances, 648 

 magnetic properties, 453, 457-461 

 melting temperature of mixtures, 125 

 molten, viscosity, 327 



