Gels Handbook, Volume 1

✍ Scribed by Kanji Kajiwara; Yoshihito Osada

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1589
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This major reference work, covering the important materials science area of gels, is a translation of a Japanese handbook. The three-volume set is organized to cover the following: fundamentals, functions, and environmental issues. Gels Handbook also contains an appendix, complete references, and data on gel compounds. Recently, polymer gels have attracted many scientific researchers, medical doctors, and pharmaceutical, chemical, and agricultural engineers to the rapidly growing field. Gels are considered to be one of the most promising materials in the 21st Century. They are unique in that th. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Front Cover; GELS Handbook: The Fundamentals; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; VOLUME 1: THE FUNDAMENTALS; Chapter 1. Definition and Classification of Gels; Chapter 2. Theory of Gelation and Preparation of Gels; Chapter 3. Structure and Properties of Gels; Index.
Abstract: This major reference work, covering the important materials science area of gels, is a translation of a Japanese handbook. The three-volume set is organized to cover the following: fundamentals, functions, and environmental issues. Gels Handbook also contains an appendix, complete references, and data on gel compounds. Recently, polymer gels have attracted many scientific researchers, medical doctors, and pharmaceutical, chemical, and agricultural engineers to the rapidly growing field. Gels are considered to be one of the most promising materials in the 21st Century. They are unique in that th