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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... proteins, and wool. Beginning early in the twentieth century, synthetic polymers were made. The first polymers of importance, Bakelite and nylon, showed the tremendous possibilities of the new materials. However, the scientists of that ...
... proteins) have a distribution in molecular weights. That is, some molecules in a given sample of polyethylene are larger than others. The differences result directly. Figure 1.4 Effect of polymer molecular weight on tensile strength ...
... proteins are also polyamides. Other classes of polymers mentioned in Table 1.6 include the polyurethanes, widely used as elastomers; the silicones, also elastomeric; and the cellulosics, used in fibers and plastics. Cellulose is a ...
... proteins. All proteins are actually copolymers of polyamide-2 (or nylon-2, old terminology). As made by plants and animals, however, the copolymers are highly ordered, and they have monodisperse molecular weights, meaning that all the ...
... protein animal products boiled down to make glues and related material. Then came several semisynthetic polymers, which were natural polymers modified in some way. One of the first to attain commercial importance was cellulose nitrate ...
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 |