1．THE RARE METALS＆Clifford A．Hampel 1
2．THE ALKALINE EARTH METALS CALCIUM,BARIUM,AND STRONTIUM＆Charles L．Mantell 17
3．BERYLLIUM＆Bengi R．F．Kjellgren 31
4．BISMUTH＆Herbert E．Howe 57
5．BORON＆Hugh S．Cooper 71
6．CADMIUM＆F．G．McCutcheon and John R．Musgrave 87
7．COBALT＆C．R．Whittemore 105
8．GALLIUM＆A．P．Thompson 147
9．GERMANIUM＆H．R．Harner 161
10．HAFNIUM＆Donald Ray Martin and Philip J．Pizzolato 173
11．INDIUM＆J．R．Mills,R．C．Bell,and R．A．King 191
12．LITHIUM＆P．E．Landolt 215
13．MANGANESE＆Clifford A．Hampel 255
14．MOLYBDENUM＆Leonard F．Yntema and Allan L．Percy 271
15．THE PLATINUM METALS＆F．E．Beamish,W．A．E．McBryde,and R．R．Barefoot 291
16．RARE EARTH METALS＆Howard E．Kremers 329
17．RHENIUM＆A．D．Melaven 347
18．SELENIUM＆John R．Stone and Peter E．Caron 365
19．SILICON＆Donald W．Lyon 379
20．TANTALUM AND COLUMBIUM＆Leonard F．Yntema and Allan L．Percy 389
21．TELLURIUM＆John R．Stone and Peter E．Caron 405
22．THALLIUM＆Herbert E．Howe 417
23．THORIUM＆William C．Lilliendahl 429
24．TITANIUM＆H．R．Ogden and Bruce W．Gonser 455
25．TUNGSTEN＆L．F．Yntema and Allan L．Percy 483
26．URANIUM＆George Meister 501
27．VANADIUM＆H．E．Dunn,D．L．Edlund and T．G．Griffin 573
28．ZIRCONIUM＆A．W．Schlechten 603
29．PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS＆Clifford A．Hampel 623