Reactivity of Solids

J S Anderson, M W Roberts and F S Stone (eds) London: Chapman and Hall 1972 pp xiv + 812 price £11 This volume records the 69 papers presented to the seventh international symposium on the reactivity of solids held in Bristol in July 1972. The topics covered are as broad as the title suggests and they include: gross departures from stoichiometry and order in crystals, reaction processes in bulk solids, reactions in the organic solid state, reactions at solid surfaces, reactions in vitreous and amorphous solids, solid state reactions in technology.