Applications of Polymer Spectroscopy

List of Contributors Preface 1 Fluorine-19 and Carbon-13 NMR Spectra of Polyperfluorobutadiene I. Introduction II. Experimental Technique III. Results and Discussion References 2 Carbon-13 NMR Spectra of Polyalkenamers I. Introduction II. Experimental Technique III. Results IV. Discussion References 3 Proton and Carbon-13 NMR Spectra of Ethylene-Carbon Monoxide Copolymers I. Introduction II. Experimental Technique III. Results and Discussion Appendix. Sequence Distributions in Semialternating Copolymers References4 Instrumental Characterization of Ethylene-Ethyl Acrylate-Carbon Monoxide Terpolymers I. Introduction II. Experimental Technique III. Compositional Analysis and Sequence Distribution by Proton Magnetic Resonance (PMR) IV. Analysis by Infrared V. Analysis by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) VI. Conclusions Appendix. PMR Calculation of Terpolymer Content-Ethylene-Ethyl Acrylate-Carbon Monoxide Terpolymers References 5 Carbon-13 Spin Relaxation Parameters of Bulk Synthetic Polymers I. Introduction II. Totally Amorphous Polymers III. Chemical Structure and Segmental Motion IV. Semicrystalline Polymers References 6 NMR and Infrared Study of Thermal Oxidation of cis 1,4-Polybutadiene I. Introduction II. Experimental Technique III. Results IV. Discussion V. Summary References 7 NMR and Infrared Study of Photosensitized Oxidation of Polyisoprene I. Introduction II. Experimental Technique III. Results and Discussion IV. Kinetics of Singlet Oxygenation V. Summary References 8 Chemiluminescence Study of the Autoxidation of cis-1,4-Polyisoprene I. Introduction II. Experimental Technique III. Results IV. Discussion References 9 Raman Spectra of Biopolymers I. Introduction II. Experimental Technique III. Applications References 10 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra of Macromolecules I. Introduction II. Optically Dense Materials III. Spectral Manipulations References 11 Reflection-Absorption Infrared Spectra of ¿-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane Adsorbed on Bulk Iron I. Introduction II. Reflection-Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy III. Experimental Technique IV. Results and Discussion V. Conclusions References 12 Dynamic Infrared of Polymers I. Introduction II. Frequency Shifting III. Molecular Orientation IV. Applications V. Conclusions References 13 Characterization of Polymer Deformation and Fracture I. Kinetic Models of Polymer Fracture II. ESR Observations of Stress-Induced Bond Rupture in Polymers III. Associated Studies References 14 Stress Mass Spectrometry of Nylon 66 I. Introduction II. Experimental Technique III. Results and Discussion IV. Conclusion References 15 Characterization of Polymer Decomposition Products by Electron Impact and Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry I. Introduction II. Mass Spectrometry III. Applications IV. Conclusions References 16 Mass Spectrometry of Thermally Treated Polymers I. Introduction II. Instrumentation and Experimental Techniques III. Results and Discussion IV. Summary References Author IndexSubject Index