Handbook of industrial water soluble polymers / edited by Peter A. Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Peter A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-soluble polymers.

Physical Description:

x, 331 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Summary:

Natural and synthetic water soluble polymers are used in a wide range of familiar industrial and consumer products, including coatings and inks, papers, adhesives, cosmetics and personal care products. They perform a variety of functions without which these products would be significantly more expensive, less effective or both.Written for research, development and formulation chemists, technologists and engineers at graduate level and beyond in the fine and specialty chemicals, polymers, food and pharmaceutical industries, the Handbook of Industrial Water Soluble Polymers deals specifically with the functional properties of both natural and synthetic water soluble polymers. By taking a function based approach, rather than a "polymer specific" approach the book illustrates how polymer structure leads to effect, and shows how different polymer types can be employed to achieve appropriate product properties.

Contents:

Introduction

Natural thickeners

Acrylic polymers as rheology modifiers for water-based systems

Gelling agents

Emulsification and encapsulation

Polymeric flocculants

Polymer micelles : amphiphilic block and graft copolymers as polymeric surfactants

Applications of water-soluble dendrimers

Preparation, properties and applications of colloidal microgels

Industrial water-soluble polymers in packaging.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1405132426

9781405132428

OCLC:

74459848