Handbook of solvents
George Wypych
ChemTec Publishing
This book was written by a group of experts on various  subjects of solvents’ use, the fundamental principles governing  their application, effect on health and environment, residual solvents  in products, their concentration in industrial environments, current  regulations, safer substitutes, non-emitting technologies of use,  contamination cleanup, personal protection, and the most modern trends  in future technology. The authors, who are the members of prestigious  universities and industries from around the world, altogether have  previously written 47 books and hundreds of papers on the subject and  here they give a synthesis of their experiences and opinions on how  best to change the global use of solvents in order to obtain benefits  of technology and at the same time limit risk and health effects, and  more.    <P>All 25 chapters of this book were written between summer of 1999 and  spring of 2000 and contain over 5000 references to source literature,  enabling the user to find specific information on any subject related  to solvents. The text is illustrated by figures and tables which  compare in number with multi-volume encyclopedias.    <P>The book contains a synthesis of a large sample of data and  information to reveal fundamental principles which data helped to  discover.  The actual data on 1141 solvents are in the form of a  searchable database on CD-ROM (see separate information on Database of  Solvents, ISBN 1985198259). The database contains 110 categories  of data (fields) and almost 40,000 single data entries, making it the  largest extant database on solvents.