Index
ABS
Accelerators
Acetal
Acid. See also names of acids
Acrilan®
Acrylic acid
Acrylic fibers
Acrylic monomers
Acrylic polymers
Activation energy
Activators
Addition polymerization
anionic
kinetics
atom transfer radical
cationic
free-radical
average chain lengths
chain transfer
distributions
kinetics of
mechanism of
gelation
group-transfer
heterogeneous stereospecific
Addition polymers
Additives
Adherends
Adhesives
hot-melt
latex
pressure-sensitive
reactive
solvent-based
Alcohol
Alkali-metal salt
Alkyl vinyl ethers
Aluminum triethyl
Amines
Amino acid
Ammonium persulfate
Amorphous polymers
molecular motions in
Anionic addition polymerization
Anionic addition polymers
Anionic, kinetics
Antiblock agent
Antioxidants
Aramid
Arrhenius equation
A-stage resin
Atactic polypropylene
Atactic structures
Autoacceleration
Average molecular weights
cumulative
determination of
number
viscosity
weight
Average velocity
Azobisisobutyronitrile
Banbury mixer
Benzoyl peroxide
Berry number
Biocide
Bisulfite
Block copolymerization
Block copolymers
Blow extrusion
Blowing agents
Blow molding
Boiling-point elevation
Boltzmann distribution
Boltzmann superposition principle
Bonding
action of solvents
dipole interaction
distances
hydrogen
ionic
primary covalent
strengths
temperature response
types of
van der Waals
Bonds
double
Branched polymers
as thermoplastic
Branching coefficient
Branch unit
B-stage resin
Bulk molding compound
Bulk polymerization
Butadiene
n-Butyllithium
Calendering
Caliber®
Carbon black
Carbon-carbon backbone
Carboxylic acid
Carothers' equation
Carreau model
Casting
solution
Catalyst
deactivation
Phillips
single-site
Ziegler-Natta
Cationic polymerization
Cavity
Celcon®
Cellophane
Cellulose
Cellulose esters
Chain-growth polymerizations
Chain length
average
cumulative
distribution of
instantaneous
kinetic
number-average
weight-average
Chains
distribution of lengths
internal mobility of
network
stiffness of
Chain transfer
Chain-transfer agent
Chain-transfer constant
Characteristic time
Charge-transfer complexes
Chlorinated waxes
Chromatography
gel permeation
size exclusion
Cohesive energy density
Colbalt naphthenate
Colligative property measurements
Combination
Complex modulus
Complex viscosity
Compliance
creep
Compounding
Compression molding
Condensation
Condensation polymers
θ-Condition
Cone-and-plate viscometers
Consistency
Constitutive relations
Contact cements
Continuous distribution
of chain lengths
of molecular weights
of relaxation times
of retardation times
Continuous stirred tank reactors
Conversion
composition and
gel point
Copolymerization
block
effect on Tg
ideal
influence on properties
kinetics
mechanism
reactivity ratio significance
variation of composition with conversion
Copolymers
block
graft
random
statistical
styrene-butadiene
Couette flow
Couette viscometer
Counter ions
Coupling agents
Creep
compliance
recovery
response
tests
Creslan®
Critical micelle concentration
Crosslinked polymers
Crosslinking
effects of
solubility and
Crystalline melting point
Crystalline polymers
Crystallinity
density as measure of
effects of
extended-chain crystals
folded-chain crystallites
fringed micelle model
liquid-crystal polymers
requirements for
spherulites
Crystallites
extended-chain
folded-chain
Cumulative average chain lengths
Cumulative copolymer composition
Curing
electron-beam
radiation
ultraviolet
Curing agents
Curing systems
Cyanoacrylate adhesives
Dacron®
Damping
Dead-stop polymerization
Deborah number
Decomposition
Degree of polymerization
Degree of unsaturation
Delrin®
Denier
Density
cohesive energy
as measure of crystallinity
of polyethylene
high
linear-low
low
medium
Diacids
Dialcohol
Diamines
Dicumyl peroxide
Diene polymers
Dienes
1,4-Dienes
Dies
Die swell
Differential refractometers
Differential scanning colorimetry
Difunctional monomers
Diisocyanate
Dilatant
Dilute solutions
2,6-Dimethylphenol
Dioctyl phthalate
Diol
Dipole
Dipole interaction bonding
Dipole moments
Disk-plate viscometer
Disproportionation
Dissociation energy
Distribution
Boltzmann
most probable
Poisson
Distributions of molecular weight
Double bonds
Drag reduction
Drying oil
Dry spinning
Ductile deformation
Dyeing
Dyes
Dynamic mechanical testing
Einstein equation
Elasticity
energy
entropy
statistics
thermodynamics
types of
Elastic recovery
Elastomers
thermoplastic
Electrodeposition
Electron-beam curing
Electrostatic spraying
Elution volume
Emulsion
Emulsion polymerization
kinetics of
Enamel
End-group analysis
Energy
activation
cohesive density
dissociation
elasticity
Gibbs free
internal
kinetic
potential
thermal
viscous dissipation
Engineering plastics
Engineering tensile stress
Enthalpy
Entropy
elasticity
Epoxies
plasticizers
Equations
Arrhenius
Carothers'
Carreau
Einstein
Huggins
Mark-Houwink-Sakurada
Modified Cross
Rayleigh
Williams-Landel-Ferry
Esterification reaction
Esters
cellulose
Ethylene
Ethylene glycol
Extended-chain crystals
Extending oils
External lubricants
External plasticizer
Extrusion
Extrusion, blow
Extrusion blow molding
Fiberglass reinforced plastics
Fibers
spinning
synthetic
dyeing
heat effects
moisture effect
processing. See also names of fibers
Filament winding
Fillers
First-order thermodynamic transition
Flame retardants
Flory-Huggins interaction parameter
Flory-Huggins theory
Flory temperature
Flow
Couette
Elongational
Poisueille
tube
turbulent
viscometric
viscous
basic definitions
curves
influence of molecular weight
polymer melts
polymer solutions
pressure effects
quantitative representation of behavior
temperature dependence
time-dependent behavior
Flow curves
Flow index
Fluidized-bed coating
Fluids
dilatant
Maxwell element as
Newtonian
pseudoplastic
rheopectic
thixotropic
Folded-chain crystallites
Formica®
Four-parameter model
Free-radical addition polymerization
average chain lengths
chain transfer
distribution of chain lengths
gelation in
kinetics of
mechanism of
Free-radical initiators
Free volume
Freezing-point depression
Fringed-micelle model
Functionality
Gate
Gaussian distribution
Gegen ion
Gel
Gel coat
Gel effect
Gel permeation chromatography
Gel point
Gibbs free energy
Glass capillary viscometers
Glass transition
Glass transition temperature
Glassy modulus
Glue, super
Glue, white
Glue, surgical
Glycerin
Glycol
Glyptal
Graft copolymers
Grafted polymer surfaces
Group-transfer polymerization
Gutta-percha
Hand layup
Heat effect on fibers
Heat of vaporization
Heterogeneous stereospecific polymerization
Hexamethylenetetramine
Homopolymers
Hopper
Hot-runner molds
Huggins equation
Hydrocarbon oils
Hydrogen bonding
Hydrosol
Hydroxy acid
Ideal copolymerization
Ideal rubber
statistics
Ideal solutions
Impact modifiers
Impact strength
Infrared measurements
Inherent viscosity
Inhibitors
Initiators
Injection blow molding
Injection molding
Instantaneous chain length
Instantaneous copolymer composition
Interatomic distances
Internal energy
Internal lubricant
Internal plasticizer
Intrinsic viscosity
Ion-exchange resins
Ionic bonding
Ionic polymerizations
Ions, counter or gegen
Isobutylene
Isocyanate
Isotactic polypropylene
Isotactic structures
Isotropic compression
Isotropic pressure
Kevlar®
Kinematic viscosity
Kinetic chain length
Kinetic energy
Lacquers.
Lactam
Lactic acid
Lamellae
Latex
Latex adhesives
Latex paints
Leathery region
Lexan®
Light scattering
Limiting viscosity number
Linear polyethylene
Linear polymer chain
Linear polymers
as thermoplastic
Linear viscoelasticity
Boltzmann superposition principle
Deborah number
dynamic mechanical testing
four-parameter model
limit of
mechanical models
quantitative approaches
time-temperature superposition
Liquid-crystal polymers
lyotropic
thermotropic
Liquid-liquid transition
Lithography
Living polymers
Logarithmic viscosity number
Loss tangent
Lost-core molding
Lower critical solution temperature
Lower-Newtonian, viscosity
Low-shrink additive
Lubricants
Lucite®
Macromolecular hypothesis
Makrolon®
Maleic acid
Maleic anhydride
Maltese Cross appearance
Mandrel
Mass polymerization
Master batching
Maxwell element
Maxwell orthogonal rheometer
Maxwell relation
Mechanical models for linear viscoelastic response
Melmac®
Melt fracture
Melting, thermodynamics of
Melting point, crystalline
Melt spinning
Membrane osmometry
Memory function
Mercaptans
Metastable amorphous state
2-Methyl-1,3 butadiene
Methyl methacrylate
α-Methyl styrene
Micelles
critical concentration
fringed model
Microencapsulation
Modified Cross model
Modulus
complex
glassy
Hooke's
loss
relaxation
rubbery
shear
storage
tensile
Young's
Moisture, effect on fibers
Molding
blow
compression
fluidized-bed
foam
injection
lost-core
reaction injection
reinforced thermoset
resin-transfer
rotational
slush
transfer
Molecular motions in an amorphous polymer
Molecular response
Molecular structure
Molecular weight
average
defined
determination of
number
viscosity
weight
defined
distributions
influence on flow properties
Monodisperse polymers
Monomers
difunctional
vinyl
Most-probable distribution
Motionless mixers
Multiviscosity motor oils
Mylar®
Natta, G.
Natural rubber
Network chains
Network polymers
Newtonian fluids
Newtonian viscosity
Non radical addition polymerization
anionic
cationic
group transfer
heterogeneous stereospecific
Nozzle
Number-average chain lengths
Number-average molecular weight
Nylons
Oil paints
Oils
drying
extending
motor
polyunsaturated vegetable
Oil varnish
Olefins
Oligomers
Optical properties
Organic functional groups
Organosol
Orientation blow molding
Orion®
Orthogonal rheometer
Osmometers
Osmometry
membrane
vapor-pressure
Osmotic pressure
Ostwald viscometers
Oxidative coupling
Oxirane rings
Paints
latex
oil
Parison
Parison programmers
Penultimate effects
Persulfate
Phase angle
Phenolics
Phenoxy
Phillips catalysts
Photoinitiators
Phthalic anhydride
Pigments
Plasticizers
efficiency
epoxy
external
internal
permanence
polymeric
Plastics
contents of compounds
mechanical properties
rubber toughened
Platens
Plexiglas®
Plywood
Poisson distribution
Poisueille flow
Polyacrylonitrile
Polyamides
Polybutadiene
Poly (butylene terephthalate)
Polycarbonates
Polychlorotrifluoroethylene
Polycondensation
gel formation
interfacial
kinetics of
statistics of
Poly (diallyl phthalate)
Polydispersity index
Polyesters
unsaturated
Polyethyl acrylate
Polyethylene
density of
high
low
medium
ultra-low
very-low
linear
linear low density
properties of
Poly (ethylene terephthalate)
Polyimide
Polyisoprene
1,2-Polyisoprene
1,4-Polyisoprene
cis
trans
3,4-Polyisoprene
Polymeric plasticizers
Polymerization
anionic
bulk
cationic
chain growth
condensation
degree of
emulsion
kinetics of
free-radical addition
average chain lengths
chain transfer
kinetics of homogeneous
mechanism of
gas-phase olefin
group-transfer
heterogeneous bulk
heterogeneous stereospecific
interfacial
ionic
mass
oxidative coupling
precipitation
ring scission
solution
step-growth
suspension
vinyl
Ziegler-Natta
Polymers
addition
amorphous
molecular motions in
branched
condensation
crosslinked
crystalline
diene
linear
living
monodisperse
network
stereoregular
structure of
thermoplastic
thermosetting
types of
unsaturated
Polymethyl methacrylate
Poly (4-methyl-1-pentene)
Polyphenylene oxide
Polypropylene
Polystyrene
Polysulfone
Polytetrafluorethylene
Polyureas
Polyurethane
Polyvinyl chloride
Polyvinylidene chloride
Potential energy
Potting
Power law
Preform
Pressure
hydrostatic
isotropic
osmotic
Tg and
viscosity and
Pressure-sensitive adhesives
Primary covalent bonding
Procedure X
Processing
calendering
casting
solution
extrusion
fiber spinning
molding
blow
compression
fluidized-bed
injection
lost-core
reaction injection
reinforced thermoset
resin transfer
rotational
slush
transfer
sheet forming
stamping
thermoforming
Processing aids
Promoters
Propagation
Propylene
Propylene oxide
Protective coatings
Protective colloids
Prototyping
Pseudoplastic fluids
Pseudoplasticity
Pultrusion
Pyramidal polymer crystals
Radiation curing
Radioactively tagged initiators
Random copolymers
Rate of strain
Rayleigh equation
Reaction injection molding
Reactive adhesives
Reactivity ratios
Reactors continuously stirred tank
batch
plug-flow
semi-batch
tubular
Recycling
Redox systems
Reduced viscosity
Reference temperature
Refractive index
Refractometers
Regrind
Reinforced thermoset molding
Reinforcing agents
Relative viscosity
Relaxation
modulus
stress
time
Repeating unit
Resins
ion-exchange
Resin-transfer molding
Resoles
Retardation times
Retarders
Retention volume
Reynolds number
Rheology
Rheopectic fluids
Ring-scission polymerization
Rotational molding
Rubber Reserve Program
Rubbers
antioxidants
contents of compounds
curing systems
elasticity
statistics
thermodynamics
extending oils
fillers
ideal
statistics
natural
pigments
reinforcing fillers
silicone
stabilizers
styrene-butadiene
thermoplastic elastomers
vulcanizing systems
Rubber-toughened plastics
Rubbery modulus
Rubbery plateau
Runners
Salts
alkali metal
ionic
organic acid
Saran®
Secondary bonds
Second-order thermodynamic transition
Semi-permeable membranes
Shear rate
Shear strain
Shear stress
Shear-thickening
Shear-thinning
Shear viscosity
Sheet forming
Sheet molding compound (SMC)
Silane coupling agents
Silicone rubbers
Silly putty
Sirup
Size exclusion chromatography (SEC)
Slip agent
Slush molding
Soap
Solubility
crosslinking and
general rules for
parameters
three dimensional
thermodynamic basis of
Solution casting
Solution polymerization
Solutions
concentrated-plasticizers
dilute, properties of
flow properties
Solution viscosity
Solvent-based adhesives
Solventless coatings
Solvent power
Solvents
action of
polymer-polymer-common solvent system
Specific viscosity
Specific volume
Spherulites
Spinnerettes
Spinning
dry
fiber
melt
wet
Spirit varnish
Stabilizers
Standard linear solid
Staple
Statistical copolymers
Staudinger, Dr. Herman
Step-growth polymerizations
Stereoisomerism
in diene polymers
in vinyl polymers
Stereoisomers
Stereoregular polymers
Stereoregular polypropylenes
Stereospecific polymerization
Storage modulus
Strain
rate of
shear
tensile
Stress
shear
tensile
engineering
true
ultimate
yield
Stress cracking
Stress relaxation
Stretch blow molding
Structural unit
Styrene
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber
Super glue
Surface finishes
enamel
lacquers
latex paints
oil paints
solventless
varnish
Suspension polymerization
Syndiotactic polypropylene
Syndiotactic structures
Synthesis, chemistry of
Synthetic fibers
dyeing
heat effects
moisture effects
processing
spinning
Tangent, loss
Temperature
bonding response
and chain length
at constant force
at constant length
Flory
flow properties dependence
glass transition
lower critical solution
and rate of polymerization
reaction to
reference
shift factor
time superposition
upper critical solution
Tenacity
Tensile stress
engineering
true
Termination
Thermal degradation
Thermal energy
Thermodynamics
of elasticity
of melting
of solubility
Thermodynamic transition
first-order
second-order
Thermoplastic elastomers
Thermoplastic polymers
Thermosetting polymers
Theta condition
solvent
temperature
Thixotropic fluids
Thixotropy
Three-parameter model
Time-dependent behavior
Times
characteristic
relaxation
retardation
temperature superposition
Titanate coupling agents
Titanium tetrachloride
Titration
Torsional flow
Transfer molding
Transient time-dependent effects
Transitions
alpha
beta
first-order
glass
liquid-liquid
melting
second-order
Tricresyl phosphate
Tromsdorff effect
Trouton's viscosity
True tensile stress
Tube flow
Turbulent flow
Two-roll mills
Ubbelohde viscometers
Ultraviolet curing
Unsaturated polyesters
Unsaturated polymers
Unsaturation, degree of
Upper critical solution temperature
Valve gate
Van der Waals bonding
Vaporization
heat of
Vaporization temperatures
Vapor-pressure osmometry
Varnish
Vectra A®
Velocity, average
Velocity gradient
Vinyl monomers
Vinyl polymerization
Vinyl polymers, stereoisomerism in
Viscoelastic solids
Viscoelasticity, linear
Boltzmann Superposition
Deborah number
dynamic mechanical testing
four-parameter model
limit of
mechanical models
molecular response
procedure X
quantitative approaches
time-temperature superposition
Viscoelastic response
Viscometers
capillary
cone-and-plate
Couette
disk-plate
glass capillary
Ostwald
Ubbelohde
Viscometric flows
Viscometry
Viscosity
average molecular weight
complex
inherent
intrinsic
kinematic
limiting number
logarithmic number
lower-Newtonian
multi-
Newtonian
pressure and
reduced
relative
specific
tensile
terminology
Trouton's
upper Newtonian
zero-shear
Viscosity number
Viscosity ratio
Viscous energy dissipation
Viscous flow
basic definitions
curves
influence of molecular weight
polymer melts
polymer solutions
pressure effects
quantitative representation of behavior
region
temperature dependence
time-dependent behavior
Voigt-Kelvin model
Volume
elution
free
molar
specific
Vulcanization
Vulcanizing systems
Weight, molecular
average
defined
distributions
number-average
viscosity-average
viscous flow influence
weight-average
Weissenberg effect
Wet spinning
White glue
Williams-Landel-Ferry equation
X-ray studies
Xydar®
Young's modulus
Zero-shear viscosity
Ziegler-Natta catalysis
Zimm plot
Zinc oxide