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THIS publication brings together the series of thirty-four papers read at the Royal Institution meeting in 1946, together with summaries of the discussion which took place and some subsequent communications. An account of the discussion appeared in Nature shortly after the meeting (158, 571 ; 1946), and need not be duplicated here. It is only necessary to commend this volume as a most useful reference book for all who are interested in any aspect of the physical interaction of polymers with liquids. The field covered is extremely wide, ranging from aqueous systems possessing a well-defined structure which can be studied by X-ray methods to nonpolar systems in which the components show a close approximation to random mixing.
Swelling and Shrinking
A General Discussion by the Faraday Society held at the Royal Institution on 24th, 25th and 26th September, 1946. (Transactions of the Faraday Society, Vol. 42B.) Pp. 304. (London and Edinburgh : Gurney and Jackson, 1946.) 20s.
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Swelling and Shrinking. Nature 162, 638 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162638b0
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