Recent Reviews from Previous Editions:
[The 86th edition of] this well-established publication from CRC Press has been given a face lift .... The publishers philosophy, however, to provide broad coverage of data commonly encountered by physical scientists and engineers, remains unchanged.
Prof. John Yates (formerly at University College London, UK) in Chemical Engineering Research and Design, May 2006
This famous handbook continues to provide current, critically evaluated chemical and physical data in a one-volume format. A goldmine of information.
JACS, Vol. 127, No. 12, 2005
A standard text in libraries everywherethis resource is an invaluable source of data.
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, Fall 2005
"The CRC Handbook has been, in successive editions, on my bedside table for the last 55 years."
Oliver Sacks, Neurologist and author

Book Description
The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 88th Edition continues to offer the most authoritative, up-to-date data to scientists around the world. This edition contains NEW tables on Properties of Ionic Liquids, Solubilities of Hydrocarbons in Sea Water, Solubility of Organic Compounds in Superheated Water, and Nutritive Value of Foods. It also updates many tables including Critical Constants, Heats of Vaporization, Aqueous Solubility of Organic Compounds, Vapor Pressure of Mercury, Scientific Abbreviations and Symbols, and Bond Dissociation Energies. The 88th Edition also presents a new Foreword written by Dr. Harold Kroto, a 1996 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.