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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... yields better properties. The low end of the distribution may act as a plasticizer, softening the material. Certainly it does not contribute as much to the tensile strength. The high-molecular-weight tail increases processing ...
... yield point (the hump in the tough plastic stress–strain curve). If the polymer is above its brittle–ductile transition ... yields the modulus, the area under the curve provides the energy to fracture. 1.4 POLYMER SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE ...
... yields information on the purity of the polymer. Functional group analysis relates to those reactions that polymers undergo, either intentionally or accidently. Selective degradation refers to those chemical reactions that a polymer ...
... yields the probability of being near the saddle point joining the two energy wells in question. This is multiplied by a factor reflecting the frequency of saddle traversal. The “reaction” coordinate moves along the path of steepest ...
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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 |