{"product_id":"handbook-of-industrial-water-soluble-polymers-isbn-9781405132428","title":"Handbook of Industrial Water Soluble Polymers","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten 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 \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Industrial Water Soluble Polymers\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  1 Introduction. \u003cp\u003e2 Natural thickeners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Acrylic polymers as rheology modifiers for water-based solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Gelling agents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Emulsification and encapsulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Polymeric flocculants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Polymer micelles: amphiphilic block and graft copolymers as polymeric surfactants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Applications of water soluble dendrimers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Preparation, properties and applications of colloidal microgels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Industrial water soluble polymers in packaging\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePeter Williams\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Polymer and Colloid Chemistry and Director of the Centre for Water Soluble Polymers at the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education, Wrexham, UK \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eDr G. Sworn\u003cbr\u003e Dr M. Hawe\u003cbr\u003e Dr D.J. McClements\u003cbr\u003e Dr Gill Moody\u003cbr\u003e Dr G. Riess\u003cbr\u003e Dr Wayne Hayes\u003cbr\u003e Dr Philip Woodward\u003cbr\u003e Dr Steve Rannard\u003cbr\u003e Professor M.J. Snowden\u003cbr\u003e Dr Louise Garcia\u003cbr\u003e Professor P.A. Fowler\u003cbr\u003e Dr Radek Messias de Braganca\u003c\/p\u003e  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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten 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 \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Industrial Water Soluble Polymers\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989334704357,"sku":"NP9781405132428","price":234.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405132428.jpg?v=1761783709","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/handbook-of-industrial-water-soluble-polymers-isbn-9781405132428","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}