Polymer Interface and Adhesion

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CRC Press, Mar 31, 1982 - Technology & Engineering - 630 pages
Poly mer Interface and Adhesion provides the critical basis for further advancement in thisfield. Combining the principles of interfacial science, rheology, stress analysis, and fracturemechanics, the book teaches a new approach to the analysis of long standing problemssuch as: how is the interface formed; what are its physical and mechanical properties;and how does the interface modify the stress field and fracture strength of the material.The book offers many outstanding features, including extensive listings of pertinent references, exhaustive tabulations of the interfacial properties of polymers, critical reviews ofthe many conflicting theories, and complete discussions of coupling agents, adhesion promotion, and surface modifications. Emphasis is placed on physical concepts and mechanisms, using clear, understandable mathematics.Polymer Interface and Adhesion promotes a more thorough understanding of the physical, mechanical, and adhesive properties of multiphase, polymer systems. Polymer scientistsand engineers, surface chemists, materials scientists, rheologists, as well as chemical andmechanical engineers interested in the research, development or industrial applications ofpolymers, plastics, fibers, coatings, adhesives, and composites need this important newsource b
 

Contents

INTERFACIAL THERMODYNAMICS
1
MOLECULAR INTERPRETATIONS
29
INTERFACIAL AND SURFACE TENSIONS
67
CONTACT ANGLES OF LIQUIDS ON SOLID POLYMERS
133
SURFACE TENSION AND POLARITY OF SOLID POLYMERS
169
WETTING OF HIGHENERGY SURFACES
215
DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLES AND WETTING KINETICS
235
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR CONTACT ANGLES
257
FORMATION OF ADHESIVE BOND
359
WEAK BOUNDARY LAYERS
449
EFFECT OF INTERNAL STRESS ON BOND STRENGTH
465
FRACTURE OF ADHESIVE BOND
475
Analysis and Testing of Adhesive Bonds
497
CREEP FATIGUE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
571
Calculation of Surface Tension and Its Nonpolar
613
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BASIC CONCEPT AND LOCUS OF FAILURE
337

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Souheng Wu is on the research staff of the Central Research and Development Department of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware

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