Contents
Chapter 3: Molecular Structure of Polymers
3.2 Bond Distances and Strengths
3.3 Bonding and Response to Temperature
3.5 Bonding and Molecular Structure
3.6 Stereoisomerism in Vinyl Polymers
3.7 Stereoisomerism in Diene Polymers
4.1 Amorphous and Crystalline Polymers
4.2 The Effect of Polymer Structure, Temperature, and Solvent on Crystallinity
4.3 The Effect of Crystallinity on Polymer Density
4.4 The Effect of Crystallinity on Mechanical Properties
4.5 The Effect of Crystallinity on Optical Properties
4.6 Models for the Crystalline Structure of Polymers
4.8 Liquid Crystal Polymers 11
Chapter 5: Characterization of Molecular Weight
5.3 Determination of Average Molecular Weights
5.4 Molecular Weight Distributions
5.5 Gel Permeation (Or Size-Exclusion) Chromatography (GPC, SEC) [7]
Chapter 6: Thermal Transitions in Polymers
6.3 Molecular Motions in an Amorphous Polymer
6.5 Factors that Influence Tg [4]
6.6 The Effect of Copolymerization on Tg
6.7 The Thermodynamics of Melting
6.8 The Metastable Amorphous State
6.9 The Influence of Copolymerization on Thermal Properties
6.10 Effect of Additives on Thermal Properties
6.11 General Observations About Tg AND Tm
6.13 Thermal Degradation of Polymers
6.14 Other Thermal Transitions
Chapter 7: Polymer Solubility and Solutions
7.2 General Rules for Polymer Solubility
7.3 Typical Phase Behavior in Polymer–Solvent Systems
7.4 The Thermodynamic Basis of Polymer Solubility
7.6 Hansen's Three-Dimensional Solubility Parameter
7.8 Properties of Dilute Solutions
7.9 Polymer–Polmyer-Common Solvent Systems
7.10 Polymer Solutions, Suspensions, and Emulsions
7.11 Concentrated Solutions: Plasticizers
Chapter 8: Step-Growth (Condensation) Polymerization
8.2 Statistics of Linear Step-Growth Polymerization
8.3 Number-Average Chain Lengths
8.4 Chain Lengths on a Weight Basis
8.6 Kinetics of Polycondensation
Chapter 9: Free-radical Addition (Chain-Growth) Polymerization
9.2 Mechanism of Polymerization
9.3 Gelation in Addition Polymerization
9.4 Kinetics of Homogeneous Polymerization
9.5 Instantaneous Average Chain Lengths
9.6 Temperature Dependence of Rate and Chain Length
9.7 Chain Transfer and Reaction Inhibitors
9.8 Instantaneous Distributions in Free-Radical Addition Polymerization
9.11 Relations Between Instantaneous and Cumulative Average Chain Lengths for A Batch Reactor
9.13 Kinetics of Emulsion Polymerization in Stage II, Case 2
Chapter 10: Advanced Polymerization Methods
10.2 Cationic Polymerization [1–4]
10.3 Anionic Polymerization [5–7]
10.4 Kinetics of Anionic Polymerization [5, 6, 9]
10.5 Group-Transfer Polymerization
10.6 Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
10.7 Heterogeneous Stereospecific Polymerization [13--15]
11.3 Significance of Reactivity Ratios
11.4 Variation of Composition with Conversion
11.5 Copolymerization Kinetics
11.6 Penultimate Effects and Charge-Transfer Complexes
Chapter 12: Polymerization Practice
12.3 Gas-Phase Olefin Polymerization
12.5 Interfacial Polycondensation
12.6 Suspension Polymerization
13.2 Thermodynamics of Elasticity
13.3 Statistics of Ideal Rubber Elasticity [1,2,5]
Chapter 14: Introduction to Viscous Flow and the Rheological Behavior of Polymers
14.3 Relations Between Shear Force and Shear Rate: Flow Curves
14.4 Time-Dependent Flow Behavior
14.5 Polymer Melts and Solutions
14.6 Quantitative Representation of Flow Behavior
14.7 Temperature Dependence of Flow Properties
14.8 Influence of Molecular Weight on Flow Properties
14.9 The Effects of Pressure on Viscosity
14.10 Viscous Energy Dissipation
Chapter 15: Linear Viscoelasticity
15.2 Mechanical Models for Linear Viscoelastic Response
15.3 The Four-Parameter Model and Molecular Response
15.4 Viscous or Elastic Response? The Deborah Number [1]
15.5 Quantitative Approaches to Model Viscoelasticity [2–5]
15.6 The Boltzmann Superposition Principle
15.7 Dynamic Mechanical Testing
Chapter 16: Polymer Mechanical Properties
16.2 Mechanical Properties of Polymers
16.5 Dynamic Mechanical Analysis: Techniques
16.6 Time–Temperature Superposition
Part IV: Polymer Processing and Performance
17.5 Rotational, Fluidized-Bed, and Slush Molding
17.7 Sheet Forming (Thermoforming) [19, 20]
17.11 Reinforced Thermoset Molding
17.15 Three-Dimensional (Rapid) Prototyping
Chapter 18: Polymer Applications: Plastics and Plastic Additives
18.3 Mechanical Properties of Plastics
18.4 Contents of Plastic Compounds
18.5 Sheet Molding Compound for Plastics
Chapter 19: Polymer Applications: Rubbers and Thermoplastic Elastomers
19.2 Thermoplastic Elastomers [1, 2]
19.3 Contents of Rubber Compounds
19.4 Rubber Compounding [7, 8]
Chapter 20: Polymer Applications: Synthetic Fibers
20.4 Other Fiber Additives and Treatments
20.5 Effects of Heat and Moisture on Polymer Fibers
Chapter 21: Polymer Applications: Surface Finishes and Coatings