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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... temperature Tg = glass transition temperature DTb = boiling point elevation DTf = freezing point depression T ̃= reduced temperature T* = characteristic temperature T = Fraction of light transmitted Tf * = equilibrium melting ...
... 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 ... temperature, Tg, the amorphous portions of a polymer ...
Leslie H. Sperling. Table 1.2 Typical polymer viscoelastic behavior at room temperature (7a) Region Polymer Application Glassy Poly(methyl methacrylate) Plastic Glass transition Poly(vinyl acetate) Latex paint Rubbery plateau Cross-poly ...
... glass transition temperature or reducing its crystallinity or melting temperature. The most widely plasticized polymer is poly(vinyl chloride). The distinctive odor of new “vinyl” shower curtains is caused by the plasticizer, for ...
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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 |