Non-polymerization process

A number of applications of commercial lacs and of separated urushiol have been referred to (ref. 2). As with the phenolic lipids of Anacardium occidentale a great deal of work has been carried out particularly in Japan and China to diversify the uses of lacs from Rhus vemicifera. It is widely employed in artistic decoration, building materials, textile equipment and furniture. The industrial utilisation of polyketide natural products including the phenolic lipid urushiol has been reviewed (ref. 314). The great number of uses largely comprise polymerisation reactions and some non-polymeric processes, some of both of which are described in the next sections. 

The subject matter is broken down into six chapters, each dealing with a particular aspect of polymer analysis as shown below. The book offers the student and general reader a complete picture of all aspects of polymer analysis, including not only the polymer itself, but also deliberately added non-polymeric processing chemicals used during manufacture, chemicals added to improve the polymer properties during service life and impurities such as water and processing solvents, unreacted monomers etc. 

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