Principles of Polymer ChemistryPrinciples of Polymer Chemistry, Second Edition was written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in polymer chemistry, along with practicing chemists who need a reference guide. Many important events have taken place since the First Edition was published in 1995, and they are updated here. For example, sections have been included on controlled/living free radical polymerization, and sections on metathesis type polymerization and metallocene catalysts were expanded. The book was also expanded to include discussions of thermodynamics of elasticity, thermodynamics of polymeric solutions, and rheology and viscoelasticity. A chapter on degradation of polymers was also added. |
Contents
Introduction and Physical Properties of Polymers | 1 |
Appendix | 35 |
FreeRadical ChainGrowth Polymerization | 41 |
viii | 51 |
Review Questions | 97 |
RingOpening Polymerizations | 193 |
8 4 Special Catalysts for Polymerizations of Lactones | 221 |
Common ChainGrowth Polymers | 261 |
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acetate acrylic active addition alkyl amines anhydride anionic aromatic backbones block copolymers carbonyl catalysts cationic polymerizations cellulose CH CH CH2 CH2 CH2OH CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 H chain transferring CHAPTER CHCH Chem chloride commercially complex compounds condensation coordination copolymerization crosslinking crystalline cyclic degradation double bonds elastomers electron esters ether ethylene functional groups graft copolymers H CH3 H H H high molecular weight hydrogen illustrated as follows ions isotactic lactam Lewis acids Macromolecules Makromol materials mechanism melting metal methyl methacrylate molecular weight molecules monomer nucleophilic nylon olefins oxide oxygen peroxide poly(vinyl poly(vinyl chloride polyamides polyesters polyethylene Polymer Chem Polymer Sci polystyrene prepared propagation propylene protonic radicals react reaction mixture REACTIONS OF POLYMERS reactivity resins results in formation ring opening polymerizations rubber soluble solution solvents STEP-GROWTH POLYMERIZATION steric structures styrene substituted syndiotactic take place temperature termination tetrahydrofuran thermal vinyl yield Ziegler-Natta Ziegler-Natta catalysts