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POLYMER LETTERS Book Reviews VOL. 9 (1971) Clean Surfaces: Their Preparation and Characterization for Interfa- cial Studies, George Goldfinger, Ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1970. 385 + XIX pp $18.75. The volume entitled “Clean Surfaces: Their Preparation and Characterization for Interfacial Studies” is a collection of papers based on a Symposium held at North Carolina State University at Raleigh. The book develops the theme that the nature of the surface or substrate controls interactions at the surface and across an interface. It therefore follows that the interdisciplinary science of surfaces plays a major role in corrosion, catalysis, colloids, adhesion, and ad- sorption. The book also emphasizes that clean surfaces must be defined in re- lation to the intended application and that clean surfaces are not equivalent for all substrates. The techniques used for characterizing clean surfaces are very well covered in this book. For example, some of the techniques described are: low-energy electron diffraction, small-angle electron scattering, ellipsometry, vacuum ultra- microbalance, and scanning electron microscopy. Closely related to clean surfaces is the effect of impurities on surface behavior, and this is described in many sections of the book. The volume makes an effort to cover a very wide range of substrates such as cold drawn polyethylene, monodisperse latexes, blood-synthetic polymer interfaces, atomically clean surfaces, alkali halides, metals, glass, minerals, and liquids. While this broad coverage is of scientific interest, the importance of the volume becomes limited in scope to the research scientist engaged in surface science laboratory studies. The individual chapters are clearly written, and all of the illustrations (e.g., equipment photographs, data tables, graphs and micrographs) are of the highest quality. Unfortunately, this reviewer’s copy was not bound in the proper page sequence. This may be a single case and not representative of the quality of binding. “Clean Surfaces: Their Preparation and Characterization” is recommended as a reference source in surface science. Philip Weiss GM Research Labs. Warren, Michigan 48090 Received July 19, 1971 70 1 0 1971 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Page 1: Clean surfaces: Their preparation and characterization for interfacial studies, George Goldfinger, Ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1970. 385 + XIX pp $18.75.

POLYMER LETTERS

Book Reviews

VOL. 9 (1971)

Clean Surfaces: Their Preparation and Characterization for Interfa- cial Studies, George Goldfinger, Ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1970. 385 + XIX pp $18.75.

The volume entitled “Clean Surfaces: Their Preparation and Characterization for Interfacial Studies” is a collection of papers based on a Symposium held at North Carolina State University at Raleigh. The book develops the theme that the nature of the surface or substrate controls interactions at the surface and across an interface. It therefore follows that the interdisciplinary science of surfaces plays a major role in corrosion, catalysis, colloids, adhesion, and ad- sorption. The book also emphasizes that clean surfaces must be defined in re- lation to the intended application and that clean surfaces are not equivalent for all substrates.

The techniques used for characterizing clean surfaces are very well covered in this book. For example, some of the techniques described are: low-energy electron diffraction, small-angle electron scattering, ellipsometry, vacuum ultra- microbalance, and scanning electron microscopy. Closely related to clean surfaces is the effect of impurities on surface behavior, and this is described in many sections of the book. The volume makes an effort to cover a very wide range of substrates such as cold drawn polyethylene, monodisperse latexes, blood-synthetic polymer interfaces, atomically clean surfaces, alkali halides, metals, glass, minerals, and liquids. While this broad coverage is of scientific interest, the importance of the volume becomes limited in scope to the research scientist engaged in surface science laboratory studies.

The individual chapters are clearly written, and all of the illustrations (e.g., equipment photographs, data tables, graphs and micrographs) are of the highest quality. Unfortunately, this reviewer’s copy was not bound in the proper page sequence. This may be a single case and not representative of the quality of binding.

“Clean Surfaces: Their Preparation and Characterization” is recommended as a reference source in surface science.

Philip Weiss

GM Research Labs. Warren, Michigan 48090

Received July 19, 1971

70 1 0 1971 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.