This book was written by a group of experts on various subjects of solvents use, the fundamental principles governing their application, effect on health and environment, residual solvents in products, their concentration in industrial environments, current regulations, safer substitutes, non-emitting technologies of use, contamination cleanup, personal protection, and the most modern trends in future technology.
The authors, who are the members of prestigious universities and industries from around the world, altogether have previously written 47 books and hundreds of papers on the subject and here they give a synthesis of their experiences and opinions on how best to change the global use of solvents in order to obtain benefits of technology and at the same time limit risk and health effects, and more.
The book contains a synthesis of a large sample of data and information to reveal fundamental principles which data helped to discover. The actual data on 1141 solvents are in the form of a searchable database on CD-ROM (Solvents Database). The database contains 110 categories of data (fields) and almost 40,000 single data entries, making it the largest existant database on solvents.
Introduction
Fundamental Principles Governing Solvent Use
Production Methods, Properties and Main Applications
General Principles Governing Dissolution of Materials in Solvents
Solubility of Selected Systems and Influence of Solutes
Swelling
Solvent Transport Phenomena
Interactions in Solvents and Solutions
Mixed Solvents
Acid-base Interactions
Electronic and Electrical Effects of Solvents
Other Properties of Solvents, Solutions and Products Obtained from Solutions
Effect of Solvents on Chemical Reactions and Reactivity
Solvent Use in Various Industries
Methods of Solvent Detection and Testing
Residual Solvents in Products
Environmental Impacts of Solvents
Concentration of Solvents in Various Industrial EnvironmentsRegulations
Toxic Effects of Solvent Exposure
Substitution of Solvents by Safer Products and Processes
Solvent Recycling, Removal and Degradation
Contamination Cleanup: Natural Attenuation and Advanced
