Abstract
DESPITE the age-old use of linseed oil as a medium for protective and decorative finishes, it is only in comparatively recent times that a.serious attempt has been made to study the fundamental aspects of the drying phenomenon. In this review on driers and drying the author has attempted to collect and collate the large volume of published work which by now has accumulated in scattered technical journals, and to present a concise and critical survey of the existing knowledge. The entire field bristles with intricacies. The drying oils themselves are complicated mixtures and the transition from the soluble liquid state to the final insoluble solid film is the result of the interplay of complex physical and chemical changes.
A Review of Driers and Drying
By E. F. Bennett. Pp. 90. (London: Paint Technology, 1940.) 3s. 6d. net.
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A Review of Driers and Drying. Nature 149, 425 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149425a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149425a0