Chemical Technicians' Ready Reference Handbook, 5th Edition

This is a must have book for a quick reference in a laboratory of Chemistry. It explains in detail techniques very important to carry out, classification of chemicals, I just can not make do without it. Work in a laboratory of Chemistry, especially in high school level and upper, implies the use of a variety of equipments. This book makes it easy!

Contains a lot of good practical information and a good addition to any chemistry library. Not perfect however, some information is incomplete or a little dated. Calomel reference electrodes are mentioned but not Ag/AgCl for example.

A safety & good lab practice guidebook that all laboratories should have. Content on Technical skills & good housekeeping are invaluable.

Great reference of a general industrial laboratory. Easy to use and provides a good 'refresher' for general chemistry information. Ready reference is a good description!

an absolute must, even for seasoned chemists

I recently purchased this textbook to serve as a refresher for undergraduate analytical chemistry and to supplement my job specific training as a chemical technician. The text covers a wide variety of topics and includes some material not normally covered in undergraduate analytical coursework. Overall, this text is a useful resource; however, there are some issues that should have been resolved by now, considering this text is in its fifth edition of print. After reading through two chapters, here are the errors that standout to me: (1) There are many grammatical errors and sentence structure mistakes. (2) Some common cations in the "Inorganic Chemistry Review" are named incorrectly, and (3) There are also some mislabeled cyclic hydrocarbons in the "Organic Chemistry Review" chapter. I have only read through two chapters of this text thus far. Assuming there are no fundamental theory inaccuracies, I would still recommend this book to anyone who plans to work in the pharmaceutical or biotech industries. The topics covered in the first 8 chapters of this book are not generally covered in undergraduate coursework, or are often covered with minimal application. Although this training is typically provided by your employer, exposure to this material would serve as an advantage, especially in today's ever changing and competitive market.

This is a great book to own. Every time I needed to find something I opened this book and it was there for me. It is very clearly written and contains lots of helpful info. A big Thanks to Dr. Ballinger :-)

If you purchase one previously and thinking to get it in hopes of updated material, save your money. Nothing has really changed in it. They only updated the cover, inside from the text to the illustrations and images haven't changed and I checked one out of my College Library in the 90's and this is supposedly a new one but looks the same inside. This is 2023 no improvements have been made. The copy I purchased in 2010 at least had better quality pages, I hate that I lost it. This one the I recently purchased I was hoping it had been at least updated some, in 13 years the publisher couldn't try to make it look like time year it is being sold in. The publishers do not even try to update it inside. They only every five to ten years update the cover. I wrote a review previously, it wasn't posted. This book has been out a long time, it could at least be colorize it or just make an attempt to make modernize the graphics.

Is OK but needs to modernise I haven't seen a mercury gage is ages, this could be deceptive for young people.

this book has no use for technician is now all workplace has msds's and adequate training program in place. I was expecting more problem solving case studies