Chapter IX synthetic plastic insulation

The coverage of the literature on plastics in this review is not confined to publications dealing solely with electrical properties and electrical applications. In order to keep the length of this chapter within reasonable limits, an attempt has been made to omit references to articles of a general nature; to those that might be considered to deal with subjects of common knowledge; and to those of a purely advertising or publicity character that fail to identify products or processes in even a general way. References to purely chemical literature presumed to be of secondary interest to the users of plastics have been limited as much as possible. As in the past, no attempt to cover patent literature as such has been made, since patents are adequately covered elsewhere. Regrettably, the coverage of plastics literature in foreign languages is very limited. Because of the enormous volume of the literature relating to plastics, it is not unlikely that a number of important contributions may have been unintentionally overlooked in the preparation of this digest.