I. Applications. - Water-Soluble Polymers as Flocculants in Papermaking. - Application of Polyelectrolytes in Municipal Waste Treatment. - Flocculation of Chrome-Plating Wastes with Polyelectrolytes. - Particle Size Versus Molecular Weight Relationships in Cationic Flocculation. - Water-Soluble Polymers in Petroleum Recovery. - Reversible Crosslinking of Polymers in Oil Recovery. - Turbulent Friction Reduction by Polymer Solutions. - Drag-Reduction Properties of Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyacrylamide and Related Polymers. - The Biologic Activity of Water-Soluble Polymers. - New Developments in Water-Soluble Polysaccharides. - Water-Based Finishes in Response to Environmental Constraints. - Electrodeposition of Water-Dispersible Polymers. - II. Synthesis. - Preparation of Acrylamide Polymers. - Extracellular Microbial Polysaccharides: New Hydrocolloids Having Both Fundamental and Practical Import. - Some Properties of Carbamoylated Polyethylenimine and Its Hydrolysis Product. - Water-Soluble Polyisothiocyanates. - Preparation of Cationic Polyelectrolytes by Spontaneous Polymerization. - Graft Copolymers of Starch and Poly(2-Hydroxy-3-Methacryloyloxypropyltrimethylammonium Chloride). Dependence of Graft Copolymer Structure on Method of Initiation. - The Polymerization of 3-Dimethylamino-n-Propyl Chloride and the Formation of Star-Shaped and Branched Polyelectrolytes. - III. Characterization. - Molecular-Weight Distribution of Water-Soluble Polymers by Exclusion Chromatography. - Sedimentation Equilibrium of High Charge Density Cationic Polyelectrolytes. - Viscoelasticity of Highly Concentrated Solutions of Poly(Acrylic Acid) Salts. - Some Gel Permeation Chromatographic Studies on Cyclocopolymers of Maleic Anhydride. - Conformational Studies of Poly(Ethyl Acrylate-co-Acrylic Acid). - Studies onthe Distribution of Substituents in Hydroxyethylcellulose. Language: English