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Macromolecules Vol. 2: Synthesis and Ma-

terials Hans-Georg Elias, Plenum Pub-lishing Corporation, N ew Y or k , 1977.

1131 XXlV pages. price: 39 .50 .

This is the second part of the twovolume treatise on Macromolecules ofH-G. Elias. While the first part coversStructure and Properties, this secondone discusses Synthesis and Materialsand, specifically, treats principles and

classification of polymerization reac-tions, polycondensation, ionic poly-merization, polyinsertion Ziegler-Natta polymerization, enzymatic poly-merization), free radical polymeriza-tion, photopolymerization, copolymer-ization an d reactions of macrom ole-cules. Subsequently, the Author dis-cusses the synthesis of the most com-mon and industrially important poly-mers from polyolefins to polyacrylics,polyethers, polyesthers, polyamides,polynucleotides, protein and poly-

sacchandes.The discussion is at the advancedundergraduate a nd beginning graduatelevel. Only elementary knowledge oforganic, inorganic and physical chemis-try is necessary. Mathematical deriva-tions are kept to a minimum, while thechemical aspects of the polymerizationis emphasized,

The book’s strong point is the in-tegration of the chemistry into thekinetics of polymerization reactions.Unfortunately the treatment of thestructure of polymers before that of

their synthesis and polymerizationkinetics, as followed by the Author,does not permit a complete and moredirect coupling between physical chem-istry, kinetics, molecular structure andmolecular aggre gates in polymers mo r-

phology). The present book, whilecovering these aspects less deeply thanother textbooks, is more broad in scopeand contains more material than manyother textbooks now available on thissubject. A draw back of th e book whenused as a classroom text is the lack ofproblem set? and the tendency not toarticulate concepts through problems.The volume will be most useful as a

self-study textbook; it contains an ex-cellent set of references where detailedtreatment of m any concepts may befound.

In sum , the volume represents a val-uable addition to the already long listof textbooks in macromolecular sciencethat ha ve a ppeare d in recent years.

GUISEPPEPARRAVANO

ProfessorUniversity of Michigan

Measurements in Heat Transfer second

edition, E. R G. Ecker t and R. J. Gold-

stein editors), McGraw-Hil l ook Co.,

New York, 1976. 656 pages. price:

2 9 . 9 5 .

This book, which is the second edi-tion of the well known book, Measure-ment Techniques n Heat Transferoriginally published in 1970 is a re-view of measurement techniques andinstrumentation in experimental heattransfer. This reviewer has found thebook to be both useful and understand-able with respect to experimental mea-

surement techniques.Individual chapters are authored by

acknowledged experts in their areas ofresearch a nd this provides for very in-depth coverage. However, there is

some repetition in descriptions of tem-

perature scales which is no doubt at-tr ibutable to this multiple authorship.The re are more typog raphical errors inthe book than one might expect insecond edition. A major change in thesecond edition is the replacement of

the original three-part Chapter 2 ont emperatu re measurement by two s e parate chapters; Chapter 2 which de-

scribes platinum resistance thermom-

etry, and Chapter 3, which deals withthermocouple measurements. Thischange does not signiscantly alter thecoverage of these topics. The new edi-t ion has added an appendix on theInternational Practical TemperatureScale of 1968.

Chapter 1 deals with estimation of

errors in temperature measurement,particularly with regard to thermo-couples. Temperature measurementusing platinum resistance thermometry,thermocouples, and optical techniquesis considered in Chapters 2 through 5.Chapters 6 and 7 discuss spectroscopicand other techniques for temperaturemeasurem ent in high temperature gasesand plasmas. Transient methods forestimating surface hea t flux is the topicof Chapter 8. Experimental applica-tions of the analogy between heat andmass transfer by convection are men-tioned in Chapter 9. Chapter 10 isconcerned with measurements of ther-mal radiation. Measurement techniquesfor physical properties important forheat transfer are described in Chapters

and 12. Chapters 13 and 14 are de-voted to velocity measurements usingIaser-Doppler and cooled film ane-mometry.

The extensive reference l is ts at theend of each chapter are a definite as-

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