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Smith-ICwart behavior in emulsion nolv" merimtion and the influence of segrnentd din'usion rates on chain radiral termination correlation models used to interpret the reaetions are also eovered. results of asymmetric syntheses are two of I n addition to including standard ssthe strong points of this book. For those peck of organic polymer chemistry, atnot familiar with the field this book will tention is devoted to recently synthesized provide them with a n authoritative, in high temperature step-gmwth polymers, depth, familiarity with the subject. This to factors influencing the efficiencies of free book is well written and easy to road. radical initiators, to stt.ucture-reactivity Ordinarily this hook would be a valuable considerations, and to stereoregular polyaddition to many chemists personal merization. I n addition, a brief chapter library. Unfortunately it has been priced on polymer reactions is inch~ded. for sale to libraries. I'm not certain how The hook is well organized, very clearly much longer even libraries will he able to written, and extensively cross-referenced. afford books st this price. A set of study problems is included st the end of each chapter. I t is set in easily H. M. WALBORSKY readable type and it contains very few Florida Slate University errors. I t might he mentioned that the Tallahassee, Fla. 32300 first printing of this text was recalled for corrections. The reviewer obtained a. list oi the corrections that were made and it was astonishingly small. It is obvious Principles of Polymerization that considerable care has gone into the preparation of this book. George Odian, Richmond College, The One must look long and hard to find City University of New York, Staten anything to criticize about this book. Island. New York. McGraw-H111Bonk The treatment afforded the thermal initiaCo., New York, 1970. xviii 652 pp. tion of styrene (p. 188) might be updated, Figs. and. tables. 23.7 X 16 em. however, and the average lifetime of a free $18.50. radical in solution seems to be underestimated on p. 28% One of the problems involved in the The book is highly recommended as 8. preparation of introductory textbooks on text for senior or graduate instruction. interdisciplinary s,hjects such as polymer If the instructor has time to include mxtescience is the selection of material to be rial other than that covered by this text, covered, so that n pmper halance between material covering polymer characterisathe vstious disciplines can be obtained. tion and polymer properties might be There is considerable variety among presprovided as a. supplement. ently available polymer scicnce texts. Experienced and relatively inexperiFlory's classic "Textbook of Polymer enced polymer scientists will also find Chemistry" is heavily oriented toward that this book is helpful and a. delight to physical aspects of polymer chemistry read. and is difficult reading for organic chemists. At another extreme, Lena's "OrH. J a m s Hanwoon ganic Chemistry oi Synthetic High PalyUniversity of Akron mers" is an excellent source of informabion Akwn, Ohio 44304 about organic aspects of polymer science, but is probably no1 nlilized by many physical chemists. Odian's new text is a well written compromise. This book was written as the first-half Organometallic Remctionr. Volume 1 of R one year course on polymer chemiut1.y or as a self-study text for workers Edited by Ernest I. Eeekrr, University of in polymer chemistry who have only R. hIssszchr~setk, Boston, and Minoru fragmentary background in the basic Tsstszci, Texas A & A I University, Colprinciples of the field. The emphasis is lege Station. Wiley-Interscience, New on the physical and organic chemistry of York, 1970. vii 389 pp. Fig% and reactions used to syuthesise polymers. tables. 23.5 X 16 cm. 817.9h. I n separate chapters dealing with stepT h r phr.mm..n.,l g1uw111 q~..li r n p o l w l l r r growth polymerisation, radical chain 5.i t h e t e l I I I , .:?(.< n > e t ~ l l l i . r h r ~ ~ . i11.1s -tr) polymerization, emulsion polymerization, l t , t l *.
