Polymer Science and Engineering

Author: Joel R. Fried (USA)
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Introduction without Table of Contents
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 INTRODUCTION TO POLYMER SCIENCE
1.1 Classification of Polymers
1.2 Polymer Structure
1.3 Molecular Weight
1.4 Chemical Structure and Thermal Transitions
2 POLYMERSYNTHESIS
2.1 Step-Growth Polymerization
2.2 Chain-Growth Polymerization
2.3 Polymerization Techniques
2.4 Reactions of Synthetic Polymers
2.5 Special Topics in Polymer Synthesis
2.6 Chemical Structure Determination
3 CONFORMATION, SOLUTIONS, AND MOLECULARWEIGHT
3.1 Polymer Conformation and Chain Dimensions
3.2 Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions
3.3 Measurement of Molecular Weight
4 SOLID-STATEPROPERTIES
4.1 The Amorphous State
4.2 The Crystalline State
4.3 Thermal Transititons and Properties
4.4 Mechanical Properties
5 VISCOELASTICITY AND RUBBERELASTICITY
5.1 Introduction to Viscoelasticity
5.2 Introduction to Rubber Elasticity
6 POLYMERDEGRADATION AND THEENVIRONMENT
6.1 Polymer Degradation and Stability
6.2 The Management of Plastics in the Environment
7 ADDITIVES, BLENDS, ANDCOMPOSITES
7.1 Additives
7.2 Polymer Blends and Interpenetrating Networks
7.3 Introduction to Polymer Composites
8 BIOPOLYMERS, NATURALPOLYMERS, ANDFIBERS
8.1 Biopolymers and Other Naturally Occurring Polymers
8.2 Fibers
9 THERMOPLASTICS, ELASTOMERS, ANDTHERMOSETS
9.1 Commodity Thermoplastics
9.2 Elastomers
9.3 Thermosets
10 ENGINEERING ANDSPECIALTYPOLYMERS
10.1 Engineering Thermoplastics
10.2 Specialty Polymers
11 POLYMERPROCESSING ANDRHEOLOGY
11.1 Basic Processing Operations
11.2 Introduction to Polymer Rheology
11.3 Analysis of Simple Flows
11.4 Rheometry
11.5 Modeling of Polymer Processing Operations
12 POLYMERSFORADVANCEDTECHNOLOGIES
12.1 Membrane Science and Technology
12.2 Biomedical Engineering and Drug Delivery
12.3 Applications in Electronics
12.4 Photonic Polymers
APPENDICES