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BEYOND T H E FLYLEAF Pulp and Paper Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Vol. I. Pulping and Paper-
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ever, as time went on, "no systematic attempt was made to elucidate the mechanism of copolymerism itself." The authors pages. Interscience Publishers, Inc., 250 are "chiefly concerned with polymerizaFirth Ave., New York 3, N. Y. 1952. tion and copolymerization by the free $15. Reviewed by JOHN L. PARSONS, radical mechanism" but give one chapter 11 ol lings worth and Whitney Co. on ionic mechanisms. The book deals T H E author in his preface states that the largely with copolymers that are dipolyprinciples of papermaking can be divided mers and includes a small chapter on triinto those which are chemical and those polymers and other multicomponent sysbelonging to the engineering field. It is tems. the objective of the series, which will comThe book also deals with the kinetics prise two volumes, to present fundamental of copolymerization, monomer structure information on the chemistry of paper, its and reactivity with free radicals including manufacture and use. Most technical the Q-e scheme, structure of copolymer books on the subject relate to the general chains, copolymerization of divinyl monotechnology of papermaking, and the mers, vulcanization, cross linking, and author has realized the need of a modern other items of interest. text and reference book for the pulp and The subject material is well discussed paper mill chemist. It is for the chemist with the results of experimental work, the book has been "written, and the paper- with detailed references and important making processes are considered from the quotations. It indicates the difficulties and standpoint of #colloid and physical chem- the large amount of eflFort that has been istry. expended on these reactions during the The subjects in the first volume, com- past 10 years. The authors give both prising 15 chapters, include cellulose, sides of controversial matters. In fact, lignin, pulpwood, pulping processes, they make the reader feel that he is seebleaching, fiber refining and bonding, ing a new subject coming forth to take its sheet formation, filling and loading, siz- place in science and commerce. ing, coloring, wet strength, slime control, This is an especially desirable and useand water. The author is to be com- ful book for those who are interested in mended for including nearly two thousand this field. literature references and an excellent subject index of 55 pages. In the discussion Interpretation of X-Ray Diffraction of internal sizing, as well as surface siz- ThePhotographs. N. F. M. HENRY, H. ing, mention is made of a variety of sizing LIPSON, AND W. A. WOOSTER. ix 4- 258 materials, including some of the newer pages. D. Van Nostrand Co., 250 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N . Y. 1951. additives. Thus the author has per$8.50. Reviewed by I. FANKUCHEN, formed a great service in bringing toPolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. gether a vast amount of valuable chemical information from many sources, most of T H E R E are many books available in the which is not available to the mill chem- English language on the general field of ist. Volume I is well recommended as a x-ray crystallography and they cover desk book, not only for the research chem- nicely the theory associated with t h e inist, but also for the operating chemist and the control chemist in the pulp and paper strumentation and experimentation, the interpretation of data, and analysis of reindustry. sults. There has been an unfulfilled need, however, for a book dealing with the Copolymerization. High Polymers. VoL actual handling of the equipment, measVIII. TURNER ALFREY, JR., J. H. urement of the films and working out the BOIIRER, AND H. MARX, X -f- 269 pages. Interscience Publishers, Inc., 250 Fifth structures, i.e., a laboratory manual. This Ave., New York 1, N. Y. 1952. $6.80. book adequately fills that need. For many years the authors have taught Reviewed by HARRY L. FISHER, Synthetic Rubber Division, Reconstruction the subject of x-ray crystallography at the Finance Corp. Universities of Cambridge and Manchester and have run a unique, intensive T H E word used as the title of this book is not familiar to some chemists and prob- summer school in x-ray crystallography at ably sounds to them like a mystery, but the University of Cambridge. This book to those who are familiar with it, that title embodies the techniques for teaching means real progress. Practically all the which they have developed from their references in this book are to publications long and combined experiences. The book has some shortcomings. For within the past 12 years, and therefore it is a really up-to-date monograph on the example, the precession camera is mensubject. The treatment is almost entirely tioned once but not described and an untheoretical although there are a few state- usually large amount of space is devoted ments and discussions of commercial to the Laue method, a technique which is not now widely used. However, such practices. History shows that the first copolymers shortcomings are trivial compared t o the were prepared in about 1910 in the at- extremely competent and careful covertempts to produce synthetic rubber. How- age which the authors have given t o almaking. JAMES P. CASEY, xxiii -h 795
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