This updated guide to laboratory materials, equipment, and techniques provides complete coverage, from vacuum technology and glass vacuum systems to volumetric glassware, gas-oxygen torches, and cryogenic gases. It clearly explains the historical development and rationale behind how and why things are done in the lab, and includes helpful guidelines and step-by-step procedures for each topic discussed.

From the Foreword: “The success of the precursor of this book, originally published in 1992, has led to this revised work. As I wrote in the foreword to the former: `If your department...wants to learn more about the applications of materials commonly used in constructing scientific equipment, buy this book.' This work still stands alone as a unified source of information on laboratory materials; fundamentals of measurement, and the laboratory equipment involved in making measurements; the components and materials involved in fabricating glass apparatus for normal and reduced pressure manipulations; the handling of laboratory gases; and work at high and low temperatures...”

Target Audience: An invaluable resource for students as well as veteran scientists, lab technicians, and laboratory managers.

Table of Contents:

Materials in the Lab

Measurement

Joints, Stopcocks, and Glass Tubing

Cleaning Glassware

Compressed Gases

High and Low Temperature

Vacuum Systems

The Gas-Oxygen Torch

Appendices

Recommended Reading

Index