Abstract
“THE Chemistry of Large Molecules” is the first volume of a new series entitled “Frontiers in Chemistry” and is composed of eight sections written by experts in the field of macromolecules. The first two sections, compiled by Dr. H. Mark, give a rather brief account of the kinetics of poly-reactions and of the mechanism of condensation, and a concise record of the information available from X-ray study of large molecules. Dr. Kraemer then discusses in the next section the colloidal behaviour of solutions of macromolecules with special reference to the relationship between viscosity and molecular weight. The same author also contributes a good summary of the application of the ultracentrifuge to the study of large molecules.
The Chemistry of Large Molecules
Edited by R. E. Burk Oliver Grummitt. (Frontiers in Chemistry, Vol. 1, published under the auspices of Western Reserve University.) Pp. xii + 313. (New York: Interscience Publishers, Inc.; London: Imperia Book Co., Ltd., 1943.) 3.50 dollars.
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PRATT, D. The Chemistry of Large Molecules. Nature 153, 270 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153270a0
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