Acid-Base Cements: Their Biomedical and Industrial Applications

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Alan D. Wilson (Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Middlesex) John W. Nicholson (Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Middlesex)

Acid-Base Cements

Their Biomedical and Industrial Applications

Alan D. Wilson (Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Middlesex), John W. Nicholson (Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Middlesex), Bruce Dunn , John W. Goodby

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Cambridge University Press
14 July 2005

Solid state chemistry; Materials science

Series: Chemistry of Solid State Materials

Acid-base cements have been known since the mid-nineteenth century and offer an alternative to polymerization as a route for forming solid substances. They are quick setting materials and some have unusual properties for cements, such as adhesion and translucency. They find diverse applications ranging from the biomedical to the industrial. Despite this there has been a failure to recognize them as constituting a single, well defined class of material. This book attempts to remedy this situation by unifying the subject and treating this range of materials as a single class. Following a brief

historical overview, an introductory chapter defines these cements as materials that are formed by reacting a basic powder with an acidic liquid to yield a salt-like matrix. The nature of the cementation process and the cement-forming acids and bases are discussed. Other chapters are devoted to the methods of study, the structure of water and simple polyelectrolyte theory. In the remaining chapters the various types of cements classified according the anionic constituent of the matrix, are described. Thus, there are chapters on polyalkenoate, phosphate, oxychloride, oxysulphate and the non-aqueous phenolate cements. A chapter is devoted to miscelleneous aqueous cements which include the recently discovered polyphosphonate cements.

By: Alan D. Wilson (Laboratory of the Government Chemist Middlesex), John W. Nicholson (Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Middlesex)
Series edited by: Bruce Dunn, John W. Goodby, A.R. West
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 627g
ISBN: 9780521675499
ISBN 10: 0521675499
Series: Chemistry of Solid State Materials
Pages: 420
Publication Date: 14 July 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Acid-Base Cements: Their Biomedical and Industrial Applications

' ... comprehensive coverage of the subject and is well written and amply illustrated. It can be recommended unreservedly to those with interests in these materials.' Glass Technology 'Timely and readable book which sucessfully bridges the gap between a textbook approach with fundamental definitions and a specialist text.' Asilib Book Guide