Basic Constants, Units, and Conversion Factors. Symbols, Terminology, and Nomenclature. Physical Constants of Organic Compounds. Properties of the Elements and Inorganic Compounds. Thermochemistry, Electrochemistry, and Kinetics. Fluid Properties. Biochemistry. Analytical Chemistry. Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. Nuclear and Particle Physics. Properties of Solids. Polymer Properties. Geophysics, Astronomy, and Acoustics. Practical Laboratory Data. Health and Safety Information. APPENDICES. Mathematical Tables. Sources of Physical and Chemical Data. Index.
Introducing Mickey Haynes
For 20 years, we have seen the name of Dr. Lide embossed on the
cover of the Handbook as editor-in-chief. Now a new name is
embossed in silver: William M. Haynes. Dr. Mickey Haynes brings
with him the most absolute qualification: a career devoted to
finding and capturing the best data. Most notably, Dr. Haynes
worked more than three decades for the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST). His last three years at NIST were
as Chief of the Physical and Chemical Properties Division and
currently he is a scientist emeritus with NIST. During his tenure,
he was involved in major projects on the properties of natural gas,
cryogenic fluids, air, alternative refrigerants, and ammonia/water
systems. He was responsible for the development of apparatus for
measurements of both transport and thermodynamic properties of
fluids and models to represent the data.
Dr. Haynes is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of
Thermophysics and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. With
his background, Dr. Haynes’ influence will be especially
significant in the fluids property data, which he has already
expanded for the 91st edition. But it hardly stops there, for like
Dr. Lide and the editors before him, Dr. Haynes is already proving
himself relentless with his efforts to make all the data more
reliable and more stable.
Profile of Dr. Haynes
Mickey Haynes joined the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) in 1970 as a National Research Council
Postdoctoral Research Associate after completing his Ph.D. in
physics at the University of Virginia. During this associateship,
he carried out an experimental program on the viscosity of
cryogenic fluids. In 1972 he became a permanent staff member and
was involved in research on measurements and correlations of the
thermophysical properties of fluids and fluid mixtures of
scientific and industrial interest. He was involved in major
projects on the properties of natural gas, cryogenic fluids, air,
alternative refrigerants, and ammonia/water systems. Mickey was
responsible for the development of state-of-the-art apparatus for
measurements of both transport and thermodynamic properties of
fluids (e.g., magnetic suspension densimeters and torsional crystal
viscometers). The apparatus were used for fluid thermophysical
property measurements at low and high temperatures and at extreme
pressures; and for the development of empirical and theoretical
models for the prediction of fluid properties.
In 1985, Mickey became Group Leader of the Properties of Fluids
Group in the Thermophysics Division and served in that capacity for
ten years. In 1989 he assumed the position of Deputy Chief of the
Thermophysics Division, which was reorganized and became the
Physical and Chemical Properties Division in 1996. While remaining
in the Deputy Chief position, Mickey became the Assistant Director
for Boulder of the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory
(CSTL) in 1994. He stayed in these positions until becoming the
Chief of the Physical and Chemical Properties Division in 1999.
Mickey remained in this position until he retired from the NIST in
January 2003.
Mickey served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Chemical
and Engineering Data, Review of Scientific Instruments, and
Cryogenics. At the request of the ASME Heat Transfer Division
Committee on Thermophysical Properties, he was Chair and Organizer
of the 13th and 14th Symposia on Thermophysical Properties in 1997
and 2000, respectively. Mickey has been previously active on ASTM
Committee D03 on Gaseous Fuels (Chair of the ASTM Subcommitte
D03.08 on Thermophysical Properties) and the ASME K-7 Committee on
Thermophysical Properties. He has recently served on the
International Advisory Committees of the 16th and 17th European
Conferences on Thermophysical Properties, the 6th and 7th Asian
Thermophysical Properties Conferences, and the 17th IUPAC
Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics. Mickey was elected as a
Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999 and has received
several Department of Commerce (DOC)/NIST awards.
Since his retirement from the NIST in 2003, Mickey has remained
active in several areas. Currently, he is a Scientist Emeritus in
CSTL. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal
of Thermophysics since 1997. Mickey was the President of the
Executive Board responsible for organization of THERMO
International, a joint conference comprised of the 16th Symposium
on Thermophysical Properties, the 19th IUPAC Conference on Chemical
Thermodynamics, and the 61st Calorimetry Conference held in Boulder
in August, 2006. He has been a member of the ASME K-7 Committee on
Thermophysical Properties since 1992 and is currently serving on
the Touloukian Award Committee. Since 1998, Mickey has been a
permanent member of the International Organizing Committee of the
European Conference on Thermophysical Properties; he has also
served on the International Advisory Committee of the Asian
Thermophysical Properties Conference.
Praise for the 89th Edition:
The ultimate book of facts about chemistry and physics. This is a
book that covers virtually every element, every physical formula,
and every mathematical table imaginable. It is hard to imagine any
library, laboratory, or university that doesn’t have a copy.
—Books-On-Line, February, 2009
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