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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.

Table of Contents
1 Introduction.

2 Natural thickeners.

3 Acrylic polymers as rheology modifiers for water-based solutions.

4 Gelling agents.

5 Emulsification and encapsulation.

6 Polymeric flocculants.

7 Polymer micelles: amphiphilic block and graft copolymers as polymeric surfactants.

8 Applications of water soluble dendrimers.

9 Preparation, properties and applications of colloidal microgels.

10 Industrial water soluble polymers in packaging

Handbook of Industrial Water Soluble Polymers

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 19/04/2007
      ISBN13: 9781405132428, 978-1405132428
      ISBN10: 1405132426
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      Plastics and polymers

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      1 Introduction.

      2 Natural thickeners.

      3 Acrylic polymers as rheology modifiers for water-based solutions.

      4 Gelling agents.

      5 Emulsification and encapsulation.

      6 Polymeric flocculants.

      7 Polymer micelles: amphiphilic block and graft copolymers as polymeric surfactants.

      8 Applications of water soluble dendrimers.

      9 Preparation, properties and applications of colloidal microgels.

      10 Industrial water soluble polymers in packaging

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