Acknowledgements (First Edition)

The inspiration for this book originated in two works which have long been out-of-print and which have been of great value to those working and studying in the eld of non-newtonian technology. They are W.L. Wilkinsons excellent introductory book, Non-Newtonian Flow (Pergamon Press, 1959), and J.M. Smiths chapter in the rst two editions of Coulson and Richardsons Chemical Engineering, Volume 3 (Pergamon Press, 1970 and 1978). The original intention was that R.P. Chhabra would join with the above two authors in the preparation of a successor but, unfortunately, neither of them had the necessary time available to devote to the task, and Raj Chhabra agreed to proceed on his own with my assistance. We would like to thank Bill Wilkinson and John Smith for their encouragement and support. The chapter on Rheological Measurements has been prepared by Dr. P.R. Williams, Reader in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering at the University of Wales, Swansea an expert in the eld. Thanks are due also to Dr. D.G. Peacock, formerly of the School of Phamacy, University of London, for work on the compilation and processing of the Index. J.F. Richardson January 1999