Product Design and Testing of Polymeric Materials

Preface -- CHAPTER 1 PRINCIPLES AND METHODOLOGY OF PRODUCT TESTING -- Introduction -- Principles of Polymer Science -- Characterization of Structural Properties -- Rheological Responses of Polymers -- General Properties and Uses of Elastomers -- Philosophy and General Concepts of -- Product Development -- Notation -- References -- CHAPTER 2 CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION -- Introduction -- Determination of Number-Average Molecular Weight -- Determination of Weight-Average Molecular Weight -- Determination of Molecular Size -- Characterization of Molecular Weight Distribution -- Notation -- References and Suggested Readings -- CHAPTER 3 THERMAL ANALYSIS OF POLYMERS -- Introduction -- Thermal Behavior Properties -- Measurement Techniques -- Differential Thermal Analysis -- Differential Scanning Calorimetry -- Measurement of Thermal Conductivity -- Thermogravimetric Analysis -- Notation -- References and Suggested Readings -- CHAPTER 4 MEASUREMENT OF STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTIES -- Introduction -- Hardness -- Stress-Strain Properties and Testing -- Compression Stress-Strain, Shear Stress-Strain, and Flexural Stress-Strain Concepts -- Tear and Impact Testing -- General Comments on Short-Term Stress-Strain Properties -- Static and Dynamic Property Behavior -- Fatigue Testing -- Notation -- Suggested Readings -- CHAPTER 5 PROCESSABILITY TESTING -- Introduction -- Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers -- Description of Conventional Viscometers -- Application of Capillary Rheometry to Processing Predictions -- Principles of Torque Rheometry -- The Oscillating Disk Rheometer -- Notation -- References -- CHAPTER 6 QUALITY IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT -- Introduction -- Philosophy of Quality and Its Relation to the Marketplace -- Market Research on Quality -- General Principles of Quality Control -- Closure -- References and Suggested Readings -- CHAPTER 7 BASIC DEFINITIONS IN PROBABILITY -- AND STATISTICS -- The Importance of Frequency Distributions -- The Normal Frequency Distribution -- Basic Definitions and Theorems of Probability -- Principle of Duality, Random Experiments, and Probability -- Combinatorial Analysis, Counting, and Tree Diagrams -- Permutations, Binomial Coefficients, and Stirling's Approximation -- Definitions of Random Variables and Probability Distributions -- Important Theorems of Random Variables and Probability Distributions -- Principles of Geometric Probability -- Suggested Readings -- CHAPTER 8 APPLICATION OF QUALITY CONTROL TECHNIQUES -- Frequency Distributions -- Sampling Inspection Philosophy -- Notation -- References -- CHAPTER 9 DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS AND APPLICATION TO PRODUCT DESIGN -- Basic Definitions and Terminology -- Statistics Basics for Experimentation Strategy -- Screening Designs -- Response Surface Concepts and Construction of Polynomial Models -- Application to Product Development -- Notation -- References and Suggested Readings -- Appendix A Glossary of Plastics and Engineering Terms -- Appendix B General Properties and Data on Elastomers and Plastics -- Index.