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The index of solvents
Int. J. Adhesion and Adhesives 17 (1997) 177
"Q 1997 Elsevier Science Limited Printed in Great Britain. All rights reserved 0143-7496/97/$17.00
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Handbook of Organic Solvent Properties lan M. Smallwood
Arnold £65.00. ISBN 0 340 64578 4. 306 pages + xxi Although there are significant pressures to rid adhesion of solvents, I am sure that because of their supremacy in cleaning adherends and in solvent-based adhesives such as the polychloroprene cements, that their departure will not be rapid. The format of this volume is that 3 pages are devoted to describing each of about 70 common solvents. The first pages mainly list numerical values of physical properties of the solvents, but fire and health hazard data and information on aqueous effluents are also included. A table on the properties of mixtures of the
solvent under consideration with other solvents occupies the remaining two pages, giving details of azeotropic (constant boiling point) mixtures, and partition coefficients between water and the solvent of a number of solutes (where data are sparse). The information is arranged in sections which classify solvents as hydrocarbons, alcohols, glycol ethers, chlorinated, ketones, ethers, esters or miscellaneous. The data on solvent mixtures is fully referenced, not to the original source but to a bibliography of 17 works.
There is a Key to Tables to guide the reader through the data, which would have benefited from expansion to give more explanation of physical chemistry terms such as azeotrope, solubility parameter and activity coefficient. A further criticism is the use of pre-SI units such as calories, dynes and poise. Nevertheless the H a n d b o o k is a useful guide to solvents in most common use.
John Comyn
The Index of Solvents Compiled by Michael and Irene Ash Gower £95.00. ISBN 0 556 07884 8. 589 pages + xviii Most of this volume consists of a Trade Name ReJOrence which is a dictionary of trade names and a Chemical Dictionary/ Cross-Reference where the headings are chemical names. The former generally lists a chemical description, uses, basic physical properties and hazards, and in the latter sub-headings include synonyms, toxicology, precautions and regulatory.
As about 1700 products are listed it will probably include everything ever used as a solvent; my imagination needed stretching to include a number of sodium salts and potassium hydroxide as solvents. Part III has the title Application Cross Reference where the first entry is appropriately Adhesives, which is simply a list of trade names and chemicals used in
adhesives. Other areas include Inks, Paints and Coatings, and Plastic and Resins. Part IV is a list of manufacturers with contact information. The appendix details cross-references between CAS, EINECS, trade name and chemical names.
John Comyn
INT. J. ADHESION AND ADHESIVES Volume 17 Number 2 1997
177
"Q 1997 Elsevier Science Limited Printed in Great Britain. All rights reserved 0143-7496/97/$17.00
ELSEVIER
Book Reviews
Handbook of Organic Solvent Properties lan M. Smallwood
Arnold £65.00. ISBN 0 340 64578 4. 306 pages + xxi Although there are significant pressures to rid adhesion of solvents, I am sure that because of their supremacy in cleaning adherends and in solvent-based adhesives such as the polychloroprene cements, that their departure will not be rapid. The format of this volume is that 3 pages are devoted to describing each of about 70 common solvents. The first pages mainly list numerical values of physical properties of the solvents, but fire and health hazard data and information on aqueous effluents are also included. A table on the properties of mixtures of the
solvent under consideration with other solvents occupies the remaining two pages, giving details of azeotropic (constant boiling point) mixtures, and partition coefficients between water and the solvent of a number of solutes (where data are sparse). The information is arranged in sections which classify solvents as hydrocarbons, alcohols, glycol ethers, chlorinated, ketones, ethers, esters or miscellaneous. The data on solvent mixtures is fully referenced, not to the original source but to a bibliography of 17 works.
There is a Key to Tables to guide the reader through the data, which would have benefited from expansion to give more explanation of physical chemistry terms such as azeotrope, solubility parameter and activity coefficient. A further criticism is the use of pre-SI units such as calories, dynes and poise. Nevertheless the H a n d b o o k is a useful guide to solvents in most common use.
John Comyn
The Index of Solvents Compiled by Michael and Irene Ash Gower £95.00. ISBN 0 556 07884 8. 589 pages + xviii Most of this volume consists of a Trade Name ReJOrence which is a dictionary of trade names and a Chemical Dictionary/ Cross-Reference where the headings are chemical names. The former generally lists a chemical description, uses, basic physical properties and hazards, and in the latter sub-headings include synonyms, toxicology, precautions and regulatory.
As about 1700 products are listed it will probably include everything ever used as a solvent; my imagination needed stretching to include a number of sodium salts and potassium hydroxide as solvents. Part III has the title Application Cross Reference where the first entry is appropriately Adhesives, which is simply a list of trade names and chemicals used in
adhesives. Other areas include Inks, Paints and Coatings, and Plastic and Resins. Part IV is a list of manufacturers with contact information. The appendix details cross-references between CAS, EINECS, trade name and chemical names.
John Comyn
INT. J. ADHESION AND ADHESIVES Volume 17 Number 2 1997
177