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THIS publication affords in a convenient form a really valuable collection of eleven papers dealing with various aspects of the chemistry of carbohydrates. These were read at a discussion which took place at Liège, in September 1930, during the tenth conference of the Union Internationale de Chimie. The wide range of the field of chemistry here concerned, its theoretical and technical importance, and the international character of the contribution under notice become evident from a mere glance at the list of contents. The papers deal with the history of monosaccharides (Bertrand), the ring structure of carbohydrates (Haworth), correlations of optical rotatory power and structure (Hudson), mutarotation (Lowry and Smith), starch (Pictet), structure of polysaccharides (Karrer), molecular weight of complex polysaccharides (Pringsheim), X-ray studies of polysaccharides (Mark), the relationship between the properties and applications of cellulose (Heuser), cellulose and its derivatives as colloids (Duclaux), and the relationship of the physical properties of artificial silk to the raw material and the methods of preparation (Viviani).
Dixième Conférence de l'Union Internationale de Chimie, Liége, 14–20 septembre 1930. Rapports sur les kydrates de carbone (glucides).
Pp. 287. (Paris: Union Internationale de Chimie; London: Hachette and Co.; H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd.; David Nutt, 1931.) 50 francs; 9s.
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R., J. Dixième Conférence de l'Union Internationale de Chimie, Liége, 14–20 septembre 1930 Rapports sur les kydrates de carbone (glucides) . Nature 128, 656 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128656b0
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