Adhesive Chemistry, Developments and Trends

BOOK REVIEW Adhesive Chemistry, Developments and Trends. Edited by LIENG-HUANG LEE. Plenum, New York, 1984. 880 pp., $115.00. L. H. Lee has again performed a fine service for those persons involved with the different aspects of adhesion by editing the book "Adhesive Chemistry--Developments and Trends." This is not a theoretical treatise on adhesion but in fact is quite the opposite. The nearly 900-page book contains 38 original and review papers and is divided into six major parts covering the areas of the characterization of the surface and bulk properties of adhesive systems, radiation-curable adhesives, high-temperature adhesives, anaerobic and structural adhesives, and trends in adhesive research. The only major area of adhesion not emphasized is mechanics but the title allows for this omission. The papers were originally presented at the 1983 meeting of the American Chemical Society. Each major section of the book begins with introductory remarks by the presiding chairperson and concludes with a discussion of the papers. This last feature, where the questions asked by the audience and the answers given by the author are included, is a useful one but too often is now omitted from books. In addition to the usual subject

index, the editor has included a helpful author index which also includes names cited in the references. The same type is used throughout the book making for easier reading and the figures and photographs are reproduced well. The following papers are noted only to indicate the flavor of the book. The first paper is a thorough review of recent developments in adhesive and sealant chemistry worldwide containing 135 references! An analytical method for determining the surface energy of polymers is described. The use of ESCA in studying adhesion is a common theme in several papers. The exciting results obtained by fracto-emission accompanying adhesive failure are detailed, More than a half dozen papers describe radiation-curable and anaerobic adhesives. A number of papers address both the synthesis and performance of hightemperature structural adhesives. Persons involved with the synthesis and formulation of adhesives, the characterization of adhesives and adherends, the durability of adhesive bonds, and the numerous applications of adhesives ~ find this a valuable book indeed.

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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 111, No. 1, May 1986