Principles of Polymer Chemistry'An excellent textbook for an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate course on polymer chemistry. ...The book is easy to read and understand. The emphasis on commercially important materials makes it a definite choice for a textbook.' -Microchemical Journal 'This exellent, well-written book, suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate level classes in polymer syntheses, would also be useful as a general resource book....thoroughly referenced, and contain[s] excellent problem sets.' -Choice This outstanding text combines comprehensive discussions of reaction mechanisms of polymer chemistry with detailed descriptions of practical industrial applications. Intended for graduate students and professionals, this text examines topics at the forefront of today's research-including high performance materials, polymeric reagents and catalysts, and ultraviolet light curing of polymeric coatings. Each chapter contains helpful review questions reinforcing key points. The book also features useful appendixes describing two highly applicable computer programs. |
Contents
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FreeRadical ChainGrowth Polymerization | 35 |
Ionic ChainGrowth Polymerization | 80 |
RingOpening Polymerizations | 167 |
10 Polymerization of NCarboxyaAmino Acid Anhydrides | 201 |
Common ChainGrowth Polymers | 223 |
StepGrowth Polymerization and StepGrowth Polymers | 279 |
Naturally Occurring Polymers | 381 |
Reactions of Polymers | 403 |
Appendix | 487 |
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acetate acrylic addition alkyl amines anhydride anionic aromatic backbones block copolymers butadiene carbon cations carbonyl cationic polymerizations cellulose CH₂ CH₂OH CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 H chain transferring CHAPTER Chem chemical chloride commercially complex compounds condensation coordination copolymerization counterions crosslinking crystalline cyclic diamine double bonds elastomers electron esters ethers ethylene free radicals free-radical mechanism free-radical polymerization functional groups graft copolymers H CH3 H H H H₂C high molecular weight hydrogen isotactic lactam Lewis acids Macromolecules Makromol materials melting metal methyl methacrylate molecular weight molecules monomer nucleophilic nylon olefins oxide oxygen peroxide phenol poly(vinyl poly(vinyl chloride polyamides polyesters polyethylene Polym polystyrene prepared propylene proteins protonic react reaction mixture REACTIONS OF POLYMERS reactivity resins results in formation ring ring-opening polymerizations rubber soluble solution solvents STEP-GROWTH POLYMERIZATION steric structures styrene substituted syndiotactic take place temperatures termination tetrahydrofuran vinyl writeln writeln(Lst yield York Ziegler-Natta catalysts