Abstract
THIS, the second of the technical monographs issued by the publishers of Electronic Engineering, does not quite justify its title, for although it contains a full description of the types of plastics, their methods of manufacture and processing, and their general physical properties, their uses in the radio industry are barely mentioned. The authors, Mr. E. G. Couzens and Dr. W. G. Wearmouth, present the subject mainly from the point of view of the industrial chemist; that is, they describe plastics for the radio industry, rather than plastics in the radio industry. An amazingly gaudy frontispiece shows how dazzling to the eye is a collection of typical plastic products, but there is no discussion of their uses, and a natural desire to suppress some of the cruder decorative effects may blind one to the fact that brightly coloured insulating sleeving may serve useful technical purpose in identifying the elements of a complicated radio network.
Plastics in the Radio Industry
By E. G. Couzens Dr. W. G. Wearmouth. ("Electronic Engineering" Technical Monographs.) Pp. ii + 58. (London: Hulton Press, Ltd., 1944.) 2s. 6d. net.
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Plastics in the Radio Industry. Nature 153, 418 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153418b0
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