High Molecular Compounds in Petroleum

Translated from the original Russian into English by J Scmorak. xvi, 440pp, with numerous charts, tables, diagrams etc in text. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. . Boards a little rounded at corners and spine tips. Text block edges slightly dulled. An old reference library copy with library ownerships stamps and bookplate on front endpapers and small stamps and annotations on title and copyright page, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, rubbed and chipped at edges, shelf worn, marked over spine. A detailed but lucid investigation of the chemical nature of the highest molecular fraction of petroleum and its economic and cultural impacts, including the Soviet Union’s program providing fir intensive development; with chapters on Composition and Properties of High Molecular Hydrocarbons; Paraffinic Hydrocarbons; Tars in Petroleum; Carboxylic Acids in Crude Petroleum; Organic Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds, etc.