CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE [ PREFACE] v [I. INTRODUCTION] 1 [II. SULPHURIC ACID AND SULPHATES] 10 [III. NITRIC ACID AND NITRATES] 28 [IV. THE HALOGEN ACIDS] 43 [V. CARBONIC ACID AND CARBONATES] 49 [VI. PHOSPHORIC, BORIC, AND SILICIC ACIDS] 56 [VII. ORGANIC ACIDS] 67 [VIII. MILD ALKALI] 80 [IX. CAUSTIC ALKALIS] 95 [X. ELECTROLYTIC METHODS] 101 [ INDEX] 109