types that use renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power. This book is about how to .... and manufacturing. 68. IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine.
New York, NY 10158 http:\\www.wiley.com Phone +1 800 225 5945 Fax +1 212 850 6008 ISBN 0-471-35996-3 353 pp.; $195.00(hardback), 2000 This book is organized in three chapters. Chapter 1 covers power cables in general. Standards, specifications, and voltage ratings are given for many types of power cables. Also included are some design fundamentals, differnt types of insulation in cables, calcu lations for current-carrying capacities, short-circuit limits, installation, testing, and the manufacturing process. Chapter 2 deals with ac and dc power and communication cables for submarine applications. Chapter 3 is devoted to the design and installation of highly specialized shipboard power cables. This well-illustrated applications book is loaded with very interesting photographs of cable winding machines, cable manufacturing, cut-away views of many different types of cables, and many large military ships and submarines. The main emphasis of the book is on applications of power cables. There is little design information presented and the majority of the applications presented are devoted to shipboard, submarine, and mining cable installations. This book would be of interest to power engineers, cable users, cable manufacturers, cable material suppliers, cable installers, military engineers, and those involved with the development of power cables, especially for shipboard applications, and for those wanting a good overview of power cables in general.
Functional Monomers and Polymers
K. Takemoto, R.M. Ottenbrite, and M. Kamachi, editors Marcel Dekker, Inc. 270 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10016 http://www.dekker.com Phone +1 800 228 1160 Fax +1 212 685 4540 ISBN 0-8247-9991-7 537 pp.; $190.00 (Hardback), 1997 March/April 2001 — Vol. 17, No. 2
Functional polymers are defined as polymers that have specific practical functions. The first generation of functional polymers consisted of ion exchange membranes and resins. Today, the field of functional polymers has grown to include photoresponsive, electrically conducting, magnetic, and oxygen-carrying polymers, among others. Varieties of applications of these new polymeric systems contain organic polymers with double bonds of special structure to form synthetic metals, which show high electron conductivity. Many novel applications of these polymers include microporous polymers for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and electronic industries. Microporous membranes are being used as filters to concentrate oxygen from air for fuel cell applications and ultrahigh grades of water for the semiconductor industry. Electronic functional polymers have been developed to undergo reversible cross-linking reactions to become soluble or insoluble. They are used as photoresists for the electronic industry today and are now being explored for use in deep UV technology in the near future. This book covers the chemistry and technology of new aspects, synthesis, and application of functional monomers and polymers. The book begins by reviewing polymer catalysts, with the focus on synthesis and the functionality of metallic polymers. A chapter is then devoted to photoresponsive polymers with chromophores and their behavior to light. Conducting polymers and their applications are covered in the next chapter, followed by magnetic polymers and their properties. Other chapters include oxygen-carrying and oxygen-separating polymers, inclusion polymerization (e.g., urea-oligimer reactions), ionic polymeric solutions, silicone-resin combinations, and novel biomaterials. Also covered are polymers for nonlinear optical applications (Pockels cells), polymer electrolytes, and thermoresponsive and chemically responsive gels are also described. Procedures for the synthesis of many of the mentioned compounds are de-
tailed, allowing the researcher to easily create many of the functional polymers described in this book. The book would be most useful to polymer chemists and engineers involved with the development of novel functional polymers and associated applications.
Distributed Power Generation Planning and Evaluation
H.L. Willis and W. G. Scott Marcel Dekker, Inc. 270 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10016 http://www.dekker.com Phone +1 800 228 1160 Fax +1 212 685 4540 ISBN 0-8247-0336-7 597 pp.; $195.00 (Hardback), 2000 Distributed generators are small, self-contained electric generating plants that can deliver power for residential, business, or industrial purposes. There are commonly fueled by fossil fuels, however, there are newer types that use renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power. This book is about how to assess power needs and objectively evaluate the capabilities and limitations of distributed generation (DG) as an option for meeting your power requirements. This book contains three major sections. The first five chapters introduce DG and provide a tutorial background. The authors give a clear and unbiased view of the capabilities and limitations of various types of DG. The next six chapters cover the major types of distributed generators. The types of DG covered include reciprocating piston engines, gas turbine, fuel cells, and renewables (solar, photovoltaics, wind). Also covered in this section are energy storage systems such as batteries, superconductors, capacitors, flywheels, and a comparison of these technologies. The last eight chapters contain detailed case studies and applications pertaining to DG performance and selection. Each chapter focuses on one important feature of DG, such as modularity, reliability, scheduling, ob67
jectivity, and bias in evaluation and utility interconnections. This well-written, easy-to-read reference book and tutorial would be useful to those working in the field of distributed power generation. Power system planners, power engineers, plant managers, DG manufacturers, as well as anyone wanting to learn more about distributed generation will benefit greatly from this book.
A clear and concise background is written for each topic area. The author assumes the reader has some basic background in quantum mechanics. This advanced book is for experimentalists working in the field of atomic physics, specialists in atomic spectroscopy, gas dynamics, chemical kinetics, including polymer chemists working in plasma deposition and plasma kinetics research.
Atoms and Their Spectroscopic Properties
Polymer and Composite Rheology, second edition
V.P. Shevelko Springer-Verlag, Inc. 333 Meadowlands Parkway Secaucus, NJ 07094 http://www.springer.de Phone +1 800 777 4643 Fax +1 201 348 4505 ISBN 3-540-61789-2 202 pp.; $138.00 (Hardback), 1997
by R. K. Gupta Marcel Dekker, Inc. 270 Madison Ave. New York, NY 10016 http://www.dekker.com Phone +1 800 228 1160 Fax +1 212 685 4540 ISBN 0-8247-9922-4 390 pp.; $150.00 ($69.75 for classroom use), (hardback) 2000
Some of the areas in electrical insulation that apply atomic spectroscopy and the physics of atomic collisions include dielectric surface modification, film deposition, surface discharges, diamond growth, and plasma switching. This book, Atoms and Their Spectroscopic Properties, is about atomic radiative characteristics and elementary processes occurring in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. The topics include energy levels, Lamb shifts, electric multipole polarizabilities, oscillator strengths, transition probabilities, and charge transfer cross-sections. The book consists of two main parts. The first half deals with energy-level transition probabilities, atomic polarizabilities, fine and hyperfine structure, angular momentum, and selection rules. The second half contains data on collisional characteristics such as cross-sections and the corresponding Maxwellian rate coefficients for photo-ionization, excitation, single and multiple electron ionization, and electron capture. Simple analytical formulas and numerous tables and figures of data allow one to estimate atomic properties without the need for numerical computations.
Knowledge of the flow characteristics of polymers and filled polymers is important to anyone involved in processing these systems, which certainly includes many readers of electrical insulation. This particular book is aimed at students and at those who need information on a particular topic. There are several introductory chapters that discuss the concepts of polymer rheology, instrumentation, and viscosity of polymers under various conditions. These chapters comprise about one-third of the book. The remaining chapters focus on rheology of various types of polymer systems. It is this information, collected in one place, that makes this book an especially useful reference. Among the special topics covered by the author are rigid rod and liquid crystal polymers, solid-in-liquid suspensions, short-fiber suspensions, emulsions, gas-containing melts and foams, and powders and granular materials. There are also chapters on multiphase systems, gelation, melt fracture, and flow through porous media. All of these topics are relevant to electrical insulation, where one is working with thermosets, filled polymers, coatings based on suspended fillers, etc. Each of these chapters provides a good
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survey of the topic and numerous references to the literature. —K. F. Schoch, Jr.
Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 519 R. M. Laine, C. Sanchez, C. J. Brinker, and E. Giannelis, eds. Materials Research Society 506 Keystone Dr. Warrendale, PA 15086 http://www.mrs.org 414 pp.; $81.00 ($71.00 for MRS members) Organic/inorganic hybrid materials have unique combinations of properties because they combine characteristics of both classes of materials on the molecular level. In many cases they have superior mechanical, thermal, or electrical properties compared to conventional materials. This volume contains papers presented at the April 1998 meeting of the Materials Research Society. Among the topics covered in this book are molecular hybrid materials, self-assembled and template-grown synthesis, characterization, biomaterials, electrical and optical properties, mechanical properties, and processing. Of particular interest to readers of electrical insulation would be papers on electrical and optical properties of various nanocomposites, mechanical properties of polymers filled with nanophase materials, underfill encapsulants based on epoxyfunctionalized silsesquioxanes. —K. F. Schoch, Jr.
Electronic Packaging and Interconnection Handbook, 3rd edition C.A. Harper The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 11 West 19th St New York, NY 10011 http://www.mcgraw-hill.com Phone +1 800 352-3566 ISBN #0-07-134745-3 $125.00 (Hardback), 2000
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