Rubber

Abstract

This review covers methods for identification, characterization, and determination of rubber and material in rubber.Literature that became available to the author between November 1984, the end of the period covered by the last review in the series (1), and December 1986 is reviewed.Abbreviations recommended in ASTM Designation D1418-85 have been used. These are listed in Table I. GENERAL INFORMATIONThe American Society for Testing and Materials published their latest annual edition of test methods for rubber in 1985 (2). Determination of surface tension of rubber latex was the subject of International Organization for Standards' (ISO) International Standard 1409-1982. A recent book by Compton (4) covers various aspects of chemical and physical methods for the analysis of polymers.

Pesticides

“…Reviews of surface characterization have appeared in Analytical Chemistry every two years since 1977. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) During this time the field has grown significantly in the volume of papers published as well as the number of applications and diversity of surface characterization tools. In the last two reviews (5,6) a table format was adopted to handle the large number of applications.…”