This handbook includes data on more than 7000 substances, chosen because of their scientific and technological importance. Each entry provides the chemical name of the substance uniquely reflecting its composition followed by a concise verbal characteristic of the substance including color, aggregate state, thermal stability, specific features of its structure, solubility, reactivity, relation to most widely used solvents, specific properties, and more. Following then are the methods of the substance synthesis on an industrial scale and under laboratory conditions, including the most...