Concise Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia , edited by Joseph C. Salamone. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1999. No Table of Contents. The abridged articles retain the overall structure of the originals including general discussions of the topics, but detailed discussion of specific examples, with most tables, charts, and diagrams, removed.
Key references remain, though the lists of references are typically reduced by a third or more.
The subject index is about one-sixth the size of that in the main work. The authors of the articles in the main work, an international group of distinguished polymer scientists, are credited with the corresponding articles in this condensation. This concise version would be a good addition for a collection, which did not contain the main work. It would be a handy reference work for a researcher to have in office or laboratory. Inc. All rights reserved.