Natural and synthetic water soluble polymers are used in a widerange of familiar industrial and consumer products, includingcoatings and inks, papers, adhesives, cosmetics and personal careproducts. They perform a variety of functions without which theseproducts would be significantly more expensive, less effective orboth.
Written for research, development and formulation chemists,technologists and engineers at graduate level and beyond in thefine and specialty chemicals, polymers, food and pharmaceuticalindustries, the Handbook of Industrial Water SolublePolymers deals specifically with the functional properties ofboth natural and synthetic water soluble polymers. By taking afunction based approach, rather than a "polymerspecific" approach the book illustrates how polymer structureleads to effect, and shows how different polymer types can beemployed to achieve appropriate product properties.