352.     BRIDGMAN, P. W.  Recent Work in the Field of High Pressures.  Rev. Modern Phys., vol. 18, 1946, p. 1-93; Jour. Inst. Petrol., vol. 32, 1946, p. 254 A.

      Summarizes work on high pressures from 1930, the date of publication of Bridgman’s book, The Physics of High Pressure, to June 1945, with 674 literature references.  The high-pressure range now open to study extends to 100,000 atm.  The effects of high pressures on chemical reactions in liquid and vapor phases, both catalyzed and uncatalyzed, are reviewed.  Reactions listed include the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, oxidation, and polymerization of hydrocarbons.  The majority of the chemical studies discussed are of direct industrial interest.