Amazon.com description: Product Description: Contents - 1. Introduction - R. H. Mosher - Early History of Specialty Papers - Modern Developments - New Techniques - Synthetic Materials - State of the Industry - 2. Theory of High Polymers and Their Application to the Paper-Converting Industry - R. T. Nazarro - Polymerization - Molecular Weights - Synthetic Resins - 3. Rheology of Paper Coatings and Instruments for the Measurement of Their Flow Properties - P. E. Pierce - Introduction - Flow Curves - Thixotropy - Effect of Temperature and Concentration on Viscosity - Determination of Rheological Behavior - Rotational Viscometers - Capillary Viscometers - Efflux Viscometers - Falling Ball and Rising Bubble Viscometers - 4. Water-Base Coatings - T. W. Busch - History - Unit Processes - The Object of Coating - Coating Technology - Base Paper - Coating Ingredients - Coating Preparation - Coating Methods - Drying Coated Papers - Calendering - Applications of Printing Paper - Special Functional Papers - 5. Solvent Coatings and Solvent Recovery Systems - M. C. Beren History - Comparison with Aqueous Coatings - Purpose of Coatings - Types of Solvent-Coated Paper - Uses of Coated Papers - Ingredients of Solvent Coating Solutions - Plasticizers - Solvents - Latent Solvents and Diluents - Formulation - Base Paper - Common Coating Troubles - General Economics of Solvent Coatings - Solvent Recovery - Drying - Mixing - Grinding and Filtration - Coating Methods and Machines - Manufacturing Hazards - 6. Hot-Melt Coatings - B. C. Miller and P. H. Yoder - Introduction - Hot-Melt Formulations - Coating Equipment - Heating Equipment - Coating Base Papers - Applications - 7. Paste Dispersion Coatings - W. D. Hedges - Versatility - Organosols - Plastisols - Processing Techniques - Vinyl Dispersion Paste Coatings - Latices - Technology of Paste Dispersions - Rheology - Manufacture of Paste Dispersions - Equipment - Mechanism of Film Formation - Applications of Various Dispersion Coatings - Uses of Vinyl Dispersion Coatings - Index