Handbook of industrial water soluble polymers / edited by Peter A. Williams - Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007 - x, 331 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Natural thickeners -- Acrylic polymers as rheology modifiers for water-based systems -- Gelling agents -- Emulsification and encapsulation -- Polymeric flocculants -- Polymer micelles : amphiphilic block and graft copolymers as polymeric surfactants -- Applications of water-soluble dendrimers -- Preparation, properties and applications of colloidal microgels -- Industrial water-soluble polymers in packaging.

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Water-soluble polymers

QD382.W3 / H35 2007