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THE CHEMISTRY OF PETROLEUM DERIVATIVES
SYNTHETIC SURFACE COATINGS
Carleton Ellis A Supplementary Volume (1937) covering the ad vance of petroleum during the past three years» 54 Chapters, 1464 Pages, 6000 References, 350 Illustrations. Price $20.00 TO
T H O S E familiar with the first volume of " T h e Chemistry of Petroleum Derivatives" this new volume will need no recommendation. Nor t o the chemist or tech nologist engaged in any phase of the development of petro leum or of its utilization, can its importance be overempha sized. As complete and massive as the first volume was— with its 1283 pages and some six thousand references—since its publication in 1931 the enormous a m o u n t of investigation in this field has compelled the writing of a supplementary edition a t this t i m e . This latter compendium is comprehen sive and concise in nature and panoramic in scope. Further, the enhanced activity associated with petroleum chemistry, coupled with its every-broadening domain of allied researches, has necessitated the addition of four new chapters t o t h e already large number of fifty. T h e new subjects t r e a t e d a r e : T h e Synthesis of Hydrocarbons from Carbon Monoxide a n d Hydrogen; Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Anaesthesia; Petroleum Asphalts; and Thermodynamics and I t s Applications to Petroleum. These, in addition t o recent developments relating t o t h e subjects dealt with in t h e earlier edition, represent a systematic a n d exhaustive survey of t h e field. A thorough t r e a t m e n t of pyrolysis, polymerization, hydration, halogenation, sulphonation and sulphation, nitration, and oxidation of hydrocarbons makes this treatise indispensable t o t h e scientist dealing with even the most r e m o t e phases of petroleum technology. I t may suffice t o s t a t e t h a t this compilation, covering t h e advance of petroleum during t h e past three years, contains over 1464 pages and m o r e t h a n 6000 references. I t is profusely illus trated with m o r e t h a n 350 photographs and drawings exemplifying i m p o r t a n t phases of t h e a r t , a n d it is written so as t o supplement smoothly t h e first edition, or alone it is self-contained a n d of untold utility t o the research chemist, the refiner, a n d the student of chemistry. T h e various topics treated, which are multitudinous in number, deal with such diversified fields a s detergents and wetting agents, paints, varnishes, lacquers and resins, solvents, motor fuels, lubri cants, hydraulic brake fluids, textile penetrants, beverages, rubber, explosives, pharmaceuticals, dyestuffs, printing inks and insecticides. Truly this masterpiece perpetuates the lofty standard estab lished by its memorable predecessor.
Volume I Petroleum Derivatives (1934) Price $18.00
Dr. William Krumbhaar In charge of Technical Development, Beck, Koller and Co., Inc. Formerly Director of Institute of Paints and Varnish Research, Berlin. 202 Pages, 39 Illus trations and Photo Micrographs. Price $4.00 IΝ
T H I S book the vital i m p o r t a n t problems of chemical reactions in t h e varnish kettle a n d of surface chemistry of pigments and paints a r e discussed from a fundamental point of view, and in the same way drier chemistry a n d the physical chemistry of surface coatings are reviewed. A special c h a p t e r is devoted t o the fundamentals of the c o m position a n d the application of printing inks with reference t o the new possibilities offered by synthetic resins. I t is realized t h a t some of t h e basic conceptions c a n n o t a s yet b e fully supported b y experiment a n d a r e n o t m u c h more than reasonably founded guesses, b u t even so they are extremely useful, providing food for t h o u g h t and a c t u a l working hypotheses. M a n y of t h e phenomena in question can b e made visible t o the e y e (by the microscope) assisting considerably t o a b e t t e r understanding of t h e problems involved. For this reason a number of descriptive photomicrographs a r e reproduced. T o make the general c o m m e n t s more concrete and more helpful for t h e practical formulator a classification of syn thetic resins is outlined in an Appendix, illustrated by r e p r e sentative examples, and in a final section is given a sugges tive description of the American method of using such synthetic resins in the actual formulation of varnishes, enamels a n d lacquers. A practical book for the manufacturer of paints, pigments, paper, printing inks, colors, enamels, lacquers, metal coat ings, synthetic resins, and all those concerned w i t h t h e development and utilization of synthetic surface coatings. C H A P T E R H E A D I N G S : Preface; Chemical Reactions in the Varnish Kettle; Drier Chemistry; Surface Chemistry of Pigments a n d P a i n t s ; Physical Chemistry of Surface C o a t ings; Synthetic Resins in Printing I n k s ; Appendix—Con t e n t s ; T h e Classification of Synthetic Resins; S y n t h e t i c Resins in the Formulation of Varnishes, E n a m e l s and Lacquers; Index.
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