Announcing a N e w American Chemical Society M o n o g r a p h
Glycols
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Edited b y G e o r g e O . Curme, Jr., Vice-President, Research, Union C a r b i d e and C a r b o n C o r p . a n d Franklin Johnston, Assistant Director of Research, C a r b i d e a n d C a r b o n Chemicals C o .
ACS MONOGRAPH #114 THIS valuable book, prepared by research stair members of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company and edited by two top-m^ikijig chemists, collects into a single volume complete information on those glycols now in commercial production or those whose manufacture has been or could be conducted on a commercial scale. The* subject matter is treated from a technical point of view, principally i n terms of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol. Separate chapters cover their production, physical properties, applications, oxides, derivatives and condensation polymers, with the reaiminder of the book devoted to higher glycols, toxicological data aiiid analytical methods. Manufacturing techniques receive special emphasis. Details of the two commercial methods for producing ethylene oxide—via ethylene chlorohydrin and by direct oxidation of ethylene—are fully covered. The condensation polymers of ethylene and pro-
pylene glycols are reviewed for the first time from a n overall point of view. Physical data are presented for all the glycols discussed, and the material is supplemented by an impressive number of charts and tables. Toxicological data are reviewed and screened in a separate chapter devoted to the physiological aspects of glycols and related compounds. N o pains have been spared to make this volume accurate and authoritative down to the last detail. All technical personnel in the fields of textiles, surface coatings, foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, petroleum, metals—indeed, in all branches of the chemical and process industries—will find this book an invaluable guide to present-day manufacturing techniques and a constant inspiration for new products and processes. 1952
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Here is the most comprehensive, up-todate treatment of industrial solvents available. Considered in detail are over 380 solvents grouped to meet the needs of all industries. The text covers physical data, commercial uses and applications and all other pertinent data. Special attention is given to such properties as evaporation ratio, solubility, phase equilibrium and dilution ratio. There is a thorough discussion of solvent applications in such industries as paint, varnish, lacquer, food, drug, chemical, dry cleaning, metal, disinfectant and those dealing in selective extraction processes. This is the only book of its kind on the market and constitutes an invaluable compendium of data on these important substances.
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This important book covers all the fundamental pioneer work of the late W. D . Harkins on the mechanism of liquid/ liquid films and interfaces, surface tension, emulsification, energetics of surfaces, the nature of films on liquid and solid subphases, and properties of long chain electrolytes. Though some of the material has appeared in earlier publications, this volume serves as an invaluable guide t o the many advances in emulsion technology —including emulsion'polymerization upon which the author was working a t the time o f his death. All chemists, physicists and biologists whose work involves an understanding of detergency, films, foams, or any types of heterogeneous systems will find this treatise of the utmost value.
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