Kniga posvyashchena pererabotke natural'nykh goryuchikh slantsev Volzhskogo basseyna. Goryuchiy slanets - mnogokomponentnoe syr'e, soderzhashchee v sostave kak organicheskie, tak i neorganicheskie soedineniya. Sostav slantsev izmenyaetsya v zavisimosti ot mestorozhdeniy i poetomu neobkhodimo provodit' polnyy spektr analizov. Interes rossiyskikh i zarubezhnykh predpriyatiy k goryuchim slantsam obuslovlen dostupnost'yu i nizkoy stoimost'yu syr'ya i energii, s odnoy storony, i shirokim assortimentom, unikal'nost'yu svoystv, vysokoy rynochnoy stoimost'yu slantsekhimicheskoy produktsii - s drugoy. Tovarnym produktom, poluchaemym iz natural'nogo slantsa, mozhet byt' termobitum ili slantsevaya smola. Kniga rasschitana na shirokiy krug spetsialistov, izuchayushchikh goryuchie slantsy.