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Shale Oil, Tar Sands and Related Fuel Sources, Advances in Chemistry Series 151. Edited by TEH FU YEN, American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C., 1976. 184 pp., $24.50. This book covers a s y m p o s i u m on shale oil and tar sands which was presented at the 1974 A m e r i c a n Chemical Society meeting in Los Angeles. The papers were updated before this publication in the M o n o g r a p h Series in 1976. The first eight chapters deal with shale oil production and properties. T w o chapters deal with tar sands and the last four chapters deal with specific problems such as biochemical desulfurization, chemical modification of bitumen h e a v y e n d s , hydrocracking of subbituminous coal, and differences a m o n g ozokerites.
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This slim book is full of information for the neophyte. It is well p r o d u c e d and a valuable reference for those in the field or those entering the field. Fifty years ago the A C S M o n o g r a p h Series No. 25 on " S h a l e Oil" was the first book on the subject. This book is still a valuable reference. As energy s o u r c e s are now in great d e m a n d , these large and difficult sources will be tapped in increasing a m o u n t s . W e very likely need a n e w m o n o g r a p h on tar s a n d s a n d shale oil to bring us up to date. A. C. ZETTLEMOYER Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, VoI. 79, No. l, January 1981
Shale Oil, Tar Sands and Related Fuel Sources, Advances in Chemistry Series 151. Edited by TEH FU YEN, American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C., 1976. 184 pp., $24.50. This book covers a s y m p o s i u m on shale oil and tar sands which was presented at the 1974 A m e r i c a n Chemical Society meeting in Los Angeles. The papers were updated before this publication in the M o n o g r a p h Series in 1976. The first eight chapters deal with shale oil production and properties. T w o chapters deal with tar sands and the last four chapters deal with specific problems such as biochemical desulfurization, chemical modification of bitumen h e a v y e n d s , hydrocracking of subbituminous coal, and differences a m o n g ozokerites.
297
This slim book is full of information for the neophyte. It is well p r o d u c e d and a valuable reference for those in the field or those entering the field. Fifty years ago the A C S M o n o g r a p h Series No. 25 on " S h a l e Oil" was the first book on the subject. This book is still a valuable reference. As energy s o u r c e s are now in great d e m a n d , these large and difficult sources will be tapped in increasing a m o u n t s . W e very likely need a n e w m o n o g r a p h on tar s a n d s a n d shale oil to bring us up to date. A. C. ZETTLEMOYER Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, VoI. 79, No. l, January 1981