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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... example. Polymer science was born of the need to understand how rubber and plastics work. This speaks of the practicality of the subject from the beginning. Today, polymers form the basis of clothing, automobile parts, etc. Yet, in fact ...
... example of a first-order transition, in this case liquid to solid. Most small molecules crystallize, an example being water to ice.Thus this transition is very familiar. A less classical transition is the glass–rubber transition in ...
... example of each.While polyethylene and natural rubber need no further introduction, common names for processed cellulose are rayon and cellophane. Cotton is nearly pure cellulose, and wood pulp for paper is 80 to 90% cellulose. A well ...
... example, O (1.14) COH nH2NCH2CH2CH2 OH+(n–1)H2O n CO H CH2CH2 NH CH2 which is known as nylon 4. The number 4 indicates the number of carbon atoms in the mer. In the second series, a dicarboxylic acid is reacted with a diamine: O OH O O ...
... EXAMPLES OF CONFIGURATIONS AND CONFORMATIONS 2.1.1 Head-to-Head and Head-to-Tail Configurations Before proceeding with the development of theory and instruments, a simple but important example of chain configuration is given. This ...
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 |