Edited by

James E. Mark
Department of Chemistry
The University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Burak Erman
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Koc University
Istanbul, Turkey

Frederick R. Eirich
Polytechnic University
Brooklyn, New York

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Science and technology of rubber / [edited by] James E. Mark, Burak Erman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-12-464786-3
1. Rubber. I. Mark, James E., 1934 II. Erman, Burak.
TS1870.S35 2005
678 ?.2 dc22 2005042048

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