The chemistry and technology of ruber. Edited by C. C. Davis. Associate editor J. T. Blake. Published under the anspiees of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society. Pp. 941. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation: London: chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1937. 75s
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1938
- Weight
- 254 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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✦ Synopsis
plnrits. Tlic first. clinptcr gives :I Iiistoriciil rc-ciciv of t,he derelopinent of knowlcdgc of lntcs nntl includes 1% discussion of the miiniifncturing posit,ion with respect to pntcnts. Otlicr clinptcrs den1 with t.hc source, composition, it nil priqicrties of' lntcs ; its preservation, conccntr:itiont iind tmns1)ortntion : it.s cornpunding .and vu1c:iiiiz:itioii : dipping, clectrodcposit,ion, and moulding procrssw for rriniiufiict,ure of goods ; lateximpregrintion of tcst.iIcs and lntcs tlircird : iise of lntex in adhesives, can-senling niiitcrinls, iirtificinl lent.Iier, rind rond-nnd floor-surfwings. The liist two chapters deal wit.h the pliysicnl testing of liitcx (on whicli tlie iiuthor has made cstcnsive rcsriircli) and wit Ii nrtificiullg produced latices, for tlic iiiiiin diisscs of wliicli the riiitlior suggests the names " redispersions of rubber '' iind " sylithetic latices," t,he Iiit,ter clnss (q., Neoprene latex) being produced by " ciiiulsion polyincrization." Additionel notcs a t t,he lieginning nnd end of the book ensure the inclusioii of inforriirition pulilishcd during prcpiiration .of the voluinc, su t,hirt the iiiirttcr is brought. up to the closing iiiontlis of 1937. l'lie riibl)or indiistry is YO large thut, Iiitcr is of minor iinportnncc iis :I iiintcrial for the direct iiinnufiicture of rubher goods. Although represent,ing, only 3% or thereabouts of t,hc total rubber consuluption, tlic Iiites so used, Iio\vcvcr, hiis ii rnluc of approxiiniitely f2,o(lo,(K~u per rinniini. As liltex methods (and ofteii nlfio t.lio I'roducts) nrc distinct, froin those of trnditionul riihlicr iiiiinufiicture r i n d oiler 11 new set of priicticiil prolileiiis, their soiiietvhiit lute and slow devclopnient~ wiis not iiiinnturid, but. riiiiy Iiave given i i n inndequ;tt,e ini Iircssion of their potential importance. 'Dr. Flint'e book corrects this iiii~ircssioii iiiid is D valuable cont,ribiition to the rcqiiirerneiits of nll intererrted in rubber lntes Froiii t,hc cc\ucnt,ioniil or t,lic technical nide.