For the practical application of thermochemistry to the development and control of tech nical processes, the data for as many substances as possible are needed in conjunction with rapid and simple methods of calculating equilibrium constants, heat balances and the EMF of galvanic cells. For these three types of calculation the following three ther modynamic functions are suitable: The Planck function, the enthalpy and the Gibbs free energy, which are here defined and tabulated as unambigous functions of temperature for pure substances. The first edition of the tables was published in 1973 under the title "Thermochemical Properties of Inorganic Substances". The present supplementary volume contains the data and functions for a further 800 inorganic substances. In addition, the data for about 250 substances from the first volume have been up-dated. These usually small corrections produce better consistency with the data from more recent publications. The comments of users and reviewers of the first volume have largely been concerned with the difference between the present thermodynamic functions and the system used in the JANAF tables, the somewhat unconventional handling of heat balances adopted here, the notation of cell reactions, the description of non-stoichiometric phases and the accuracy of the tabulated data. To answer these questions and criticims the theore tical concepts and the practical use of the tables are dealt with in more detail in the introduction, following the recommendation of some reviewers.

"This book is a bibliographical database of articles on thermodynamical properties of inorganic compounds, gases, solutions, metals and alloys, published between 1970 and 1987. This reference source book compiles 25,846 references about more than 13,400 systems and should be particularly useful for people working in inorganic chemical engineering, metallurgy, and new materials processing."--Preface.

Thermodynamic data for inorganic materials are fundamental for the optimisation of existing process parameters and for investigating suitable parameters for carrying out potential new processes. With the aid of such data, time and costs can be saved by calculating the conditions necessary to produce a material of the required composition and specified purity, with a minimum usage of energy and input materials and with a minimum release of harmful substances to the environment. The SGTE evaluated data presented here are tabulated values of standard thermodynamic properties (enthalpy of formation and standard entropy at 298.15K, enthalpies and temperatures of transition, heat content) for each substance, together with plotted heat capacity, Gibbs energy and enthalpy of formation functions up to the maximum temperature for which the data for that substance have been evaluated. The data are presented in 3 subvolumes, A: Pure Substances, B: Binary Systems, C: Ternary and Multi-Component Systems.

In recent decades, chemists and material scientists have made tremendous advances in the development and application of inorganic compounds, especially compounds for commercial applications. New compounds have been synthesized, new uses for older compounds have emerged, and new methods in synthesis and manufacturing have been developed. Tracking down critical data about new or newly important inorganic compounds can still be difficult and time-consuming. Now scientists and researchers have essential information about 5,000 key compounds at their fingertips in Properties of Inorganic Compounds, a flexible, powerful new electronic database. Compounds in the database were carefully selected for their importance in current applications or their potential uses as precursors in preparing materials. For each compound, the database includes fundamental information, including numerical values, descriptive data, and information on uses. Even current industry and research trends are included in this complete resource. All this critical data, formerly found in many diverse sources, is now only a keystroke away. System requirements: IBM 486 or higher compatible computer with 40MB hard disk (12MB free capacity), 4MB RAM, VGA Monitor (color), MS DOS 3.3 or higher, Windowsä 3.1 or higher or Windows 95, external or internal CD-ROM drive. (Will normally run to a lower performance standard on IBM 386 and/or less hard disk and RAM capacity than those stated above)