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BOOK

REVIEWS

Polymeric Materials and Processing. Plastics

Elastomers and Composites

J.

M. Charrier, C.

Hanser Publishers, Munich, 1990,655 pages, Hard-

cover

U.S.

60.00

Th e concept of the polymeric material is one of

the great ideas of twent ieth century chemistry. The

influence of these engineering materials spread rap-

idly in many areas of the natural sciences and tech-

nology.

Polymeric Materials and Processing is an intro-

ductory textbook covering all major topics associated

with th e continually growing area of high polymers.

Th e book contains 7 chapters:

1

2.

3.

4

5.

6.

7

General Introduction

General Concepts and Topics

Classes of Polymeric Materials thermoplas-

tics, thermosettings, elastomers, selected

special polymeric products )

Properties and Standard testings

Processing Techniques (extrusion, film

blowing, calenderic, thermoforming, blow

molding, coating, injection, etc.)

Applications

History, Economics, Information and Edu-

cation

A fine, well-written, easy-to-use textbook rec-

ommended to those who want to acquire knowledge

an d understanding of polymeric materials (plastics,

elastomers, composites) and their processing tech-

niques.

D.

Feldman

Concordia University

Montrgal Qu’bec Canada

Modern Methods of Polymer Characteriza-

tion

Edited by Howard G. Barth and Jimmy W.

Mays, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 561 pages,

110.00, 1991.

This volume is a most welcome addition to the

polymer literature. The first three chapters deal in

great depth with gel permeation chromatography.

Journal

of

Polymer Science:

Part B:

Polymer Physics

Vol.

30.1427-1428 1992)

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Chapter

4

discusses the little used bu t most intrigu-

ing technique of field-flow fractionation. Chapter 5

covers the theory of various uses of inverse gas

chromatography. Osmotic techniques and intrinsic

viscosity are dealt with in Chapters 6 and 7. Chapter

8 covers the use of the ultracentrifuge, Chapter 9

low-angle laser light scattering, Chapter 10 NMR

spectroscopy of polymers, Chapter 11 photocorre-

lation spectroscopy, and Chapter 12 mass spectro-

scopy.

All the discussions are authoritative on an ad-

vanced level. There are a few items I missed. In th e

discussion of GPL there is no mention of the be-

havior of polyelectrolytes [cf., Roches, Domard, and

Rinaudo,

Eur. Polym.

J . 16

175 (19 80)] , and en-

thalpic effects [cf. Klein and Westerkemp,

J.

Polym.

Sci. olym. Chem.Ed. 19,707 , (1981 ]. In Chapter

7 the Fuoss-Strauss formula for the concentration

dependence of the polyelectrolyte solution viscosity

has been superseded [cf., Cohen and Preil, Macro-

molecules 22,2 356 1989)] . In Chapter 9 the state-

ment that knowing the refractive index increment

a single experiment yields Mw and A 2 s misleading.

I found a single misprint. On p. 210, the ordinates

of Fig. 4 should have been labeled rather

than a / c )

.

Once again, this is a very valuable book which

should be part of the library of every polymer sci-

entist.

erbertMorawetz

Polytechnic University

Brooklyn N Y 11201

Emulsion Polymer Technology Robert D.

Athey, Jr., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1991.

304 pp. 110.00

The author’s objective is to provide simple expla-

nations for numerous issues of the chemistry and

physics of polymers and colloids operative in emul-

sion polymer manufacture and use. The book is in-

tended for users such a s chemists and engineers in-

volved in paint, textile, paper, etc. technology. It is

organized into four major parts: Introduction, The

Monomers, Analysis an d Testing, and Additives for

Postpolymerization Compounding. The introduc-

tory section has brief chapters on basic concepts of

polymers (mainly polymerization) and colloids. One

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