ABSTRACT

This revolutionary and best-selling resource contains more than 200 pages of additional information and expanded discussions on zeolites, bitumen, conducting polymers, polymerization reactors, dendrites, self-assembling nanomaterials, atomic force microscopy, and polymer processing. This exceptional text offers extensive listings of laboratory exercises and demonstrations, web resources, and new applications for in-depth analysis of synthetic, natural, organometallic, and inorganic polymers. Special sections discuss human genome and protonics, recycling codes and solid waste, optical fibers, self-assembly, combinatorial chemistry, and smart and conductive materials.

chapter 1|19 pages

/ INTRODUCTION TO POLYMER SCIENCE

chapter 2|41 pages

/ POLYMER STRUCTURE (MORPHOLOGY)

chapter 3|48 pages

/ MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF POLYMERS

chapter 5|35 pages

/ RHEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL TESTS

chapter 9|36 pages

/ COPOLYMERIZATION

chapter 10|84 pages

/ NATURALLY OCCURRING POLYMERS

chapter 11|21 pages

/ INORGANIC-ORGANIC POLYMERS

chapter 12|33 pages

/ INORGANIC POLYMERS

chapter 13|21 pages

/ FILLERS AND REINFORCEMENTS FOR POLYMERS

chapter 15|58 pages

/ REACTIONS OF POLYMERS

chapter 17|60 pages

/ POLYMER TECHNOLOGY

chapter 18|76 pages

/ SPECIAL TOPICS