The Science of Polymer Molecules

Richard H. Boyd; Paul J. Phillips

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511600326

This book is an introduction to polymers and focuses on the synthesis, structure and properties of the individual molecules that constitute polymeric materials. It approaches polymeric materials from a molecular basis on the belief that there is a common core of knowledge and principles concerning polymer molecules that can be set out in an introductory work. Subjects treated include an introductory overview of synthesis, an introduction of the concept and definition of molecular weight and its distribution, experimental methods for measuring molecular weight, a more detailed view of polymerization including kinetics and mechanism, and the three-dimensional architecture of polymers as determined by conformation and stereochemistry. The statistical description of the conformational disorder of the molecules is covered and then built upon in treating rubber elasticity and polymer solutions.

‘… a welcome addition to the scientific literature in general and to the Cambridge 'Solid State Science Series‘ … an exceptionally interesting and useful book …’

Source: Polymer News and Computational Polymer Science

‘Recommended for academic libraries wherever polymer or materials science are taught.’

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-xiv

Preface
pp xv-xviii

1 - Polymerization: an overview
pp 1-17

2 - Molecular weight and molecular weight distribution
pp 18-59

3 - Molecular weight determination
pp 60-95

4 - Polymerization: kinetics and mechanism
pp 96-154

5 - Three dimensional architecture: conformation and stereochemical configuration
pp 155-187

6 - The statistical behavior of conformationally disordered chains
pp 188-227

7 - The interacting bond model for the average properties of coiling chains
pp 228-265

8 - Rubber elasticity
pp 266-329

9 - Solutions
pp 330-396

References
pp 397-405

Index
pp 406-410

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