Butalastic Polymers; Their Preparation and Applications. A Treatise on Synthetic Rubbers

Green Cloth. Good=/No Jacket. Same Date. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 642 pages; 38 p. index; a bibliography of eight books dealing with synthetic rubbers from butadienes is given on p. 6-7, and many references are listed at the end of each chapter; from p. 4: ".the word "butalastics" is adopted in this book to describe and discuss the elastic or plastic polymers of a butadiene compound, without other compounds polymerizable with it, and the book is entitled "Butalastic Polymers." From p. 6: "This volume deals with all these butalastics (17 groups), which may be called the true synthetic rubber-like products. The plan of the book is to give the history of the development of these products; the sources and production of the raw materials used for forming them; the mechanism of polymerization; the methods of polymerization and copolymerization or interpolymerization of the various compounds; the compounding practice, industrial application, and cure of the polymers; the properties and testing of the products; the reclaiming of butalastics waste; and derivatives of the butalastics." Book condition: Book edges have darkend to a moderate tan tone; internally, a fainter tan tone is present--most evident on the page margins; else book approaches VG.