edited by George Wypych

Features:

• Explanations of solvent formulation principles in 33 major industries from adhesives and aerospace to stone, clay, glass, concrete, and wood products
• Comprehensive coverage of international health, safety, and environmental technologies
• Identification of risks and benefits in specific solvents and classes of solvents
• The newest water-based, "green" technologies

Handbook of Solvents is a comprehensive and extensive textual analysis of the principles of solvent selection and use. It is a balanced presentation of solvent performance, processing characteristics, and environment and health issues.

It is intended to help formulators select ideal solvents, safety coordinators to protect workers, legislators and inspectors to define and implement technically correct public safeguards on solvent use, handling, and disposal.

Handbook of Solvents is a must have resource for solvent manufacturers and formulators, analytical chemists, environmental engineers, civil engineers, industrial engineers, industrial hygienists, legislators and regulators concerned with the environment, hazardous waste disposal, and workplace safety, medical and biological impact researchers in industry and academia.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Fundamental principles governing the use of solvents
3. Production methods, properties, and main applications
4. General principles governing dissolution of materials in solvents
5. Solubility of selected systems and influence of solutes
6. Swelling
7. Solvent transport phenomena
8. Interactions in solvents and solutions
9. Mixed solvents
10. Acid-base interactions
11. Electronic and electrical effects of solvents
12. Other properties of solvents, solutions and products obtained from solutions
13. Effects of solvent on chemical reactions and reactivity
14. Solvent use in various industries
15. Methods of solvent detection and testing
16. Residual solvents in products
17. Environmental impact of solvents
18. Concentration of solvents in various industrial environments
19. Regulations
20. Toxic effects of solvent exposure
21. Substitution of solvents by safer products and processes
22. Solvent recycling, removal, and degradation
23. Contamination cleanup: Natural attenuation and advanced remediation techologies
24. Protection
25. New trends based on patent literature

Index

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