McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of chemistry: Editor in Chief: Sybil P. Parker. Editors: Jonathan Weil and Betty Richman. Other members of editorial staff: Edward J. Fox, Ann D. Bonardi, Cynthia M. Kelly, Joe Faulk, Ruth L. Williams, Dorick Byard, Patricia W. Albers, Judith Alberts, Barbara Begg. Consultants: Joseph J. Katz, Kenneth D. Kopple D. Allan Bromley, Todd M. Doscher, Ronald H. Good, Jr., Richard C. Jarnagin, and Royce W. Murray. McGraw-Hill, New York. 1983. viii + 1195. $49.50