Introduction to Physical Polymer ScienceAn Updated Edition of the Classic Text Polymers constitute the basis for the plastics, rubber, adhesives, fiber, and coating industries. The Fourth Edition of Introduction to Physical Polymer Science acknowledges the industrial success of polymers and the advancements made in the field while continuing to deliver the comprehensive introduction to polymer science that made its predecessors classic texts. The Fourth Edition continues its coverage of amorphous and crystalline materials, glass transitions, rubber elasticity, and mechanical behavior, and offers updated discussions of polymer blends, composites, and interfaces, as well as such basics as molecular weight determination. Thus, interrelationships among molecular structure, morphology, and mechanical behavior of polymers continue to provide much of the value of the book. Newly introduced topics include:
In addition, new sections have been included on fire retardancy, friction and wear, optical tweezers, and more. Introduction to Physical Polymer Science, Fourth Edition provides both an essential introduction to the field as well as an entry point to the latest research and developments in polymer science and engineering, making it an indispensable text for chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, and polymer science and engineering students and professionals. |
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... Chemical Structures / 326 7.3 Liquid Crystalline Mesophases / 326 7.4 Liquid Crystal Classification / 331 7.5 Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams / 338 7.6 Mesophase Identification in Thermotropic Polymers / 341 7.7 Fiber Formation / 342 ...
... Chemical Stress Relaxation Times / 552 Appendix 10.2 Viscoelasticity of Cheese / 553 Mechanical Behavior of Polymers 11.1 An Energy Balance for Deformation and Fracture / 557 557 11.2 Deformation and Fracture in Polymers / 560 11.3 ...
... chemical engineering and chemistry. The students may earn degrees in chemistry, chemical engineering, metallurgy and materials engi- neering, or polymer science and engineering, the courses being both inter- disciplinary and cross ...
... Chemical Engineering, the Materials Research Center, and the Vice-President for Research's Office at Lehigh each contributed sig- nificant assistance in the development of this book. The Lehigh University Library provided one of their ...
... chemistry, chemical engineering, materials, and other fields as well. Chemically, polymers are long-chain molecules of very high molecular weight, often measured in the hundreds of thousands. For this reason, the term “macromolecules ...
Contents
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3 Dilute Solution Thermodynamics Molecular Weights and Sizes | 71 |
4 Concentrated Solutions Phase Separation Behavior and Diffusion | 145 |
5 The Amorphous State | 197 |
6 The Crystalline State | 239 |
7 Polymers in the Liquid Crystalline State | 325 |
8 GlassRubber Transition Behavior | 349 |
9 Crosslinked Polymers and Rubber Elasticity | 427 |
10 Polymer Viscoelasticity and Rheology | 507 |
11 Mechanical Behavior of Polymers | 557 |
12 Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces | 613 |
13 Multicomponent Polymeric Materials | 687 |
14 Modern Polymer Topics | 757 |
Index | 827 |