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Contents

Preface ................................................................................................................. v

Staff ...................................................................................................................... vi

How to Use the Dictionary ........................................................................... vii

Fields and Their Scope .................................................................................. ix

Pronunciation Key ............................................................................................ x

A–Z Terms ................................................................................................... 1-414

Appendix .................................................................................................. 415-431

Equivalents of commonly used units for the U.S.

Customary System and the metric system .................................... 417

Conversion factors for the U.S. Customary System,

metric system, and International System ...................................... 418

Defining fixed points of the International Temperature

Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) ....................................................................... 422

Primary thermometry methods ............................................................ 423

Periodic table ......................................................................................... 424

Electrochemical series of the elements ............................................. 425

Average electronegativities from the thermochemical data ............ 426

Standard atomic weights ...................................................................... 427

Principal organic functional groups .................................................... 429

Compounds containing functional groups ......................................... 430

Physical properties of some organic solvents ................................... 431

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