Fundamentals of Polymer Science

THE NATURE OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS What Are Polymers - What Is Polymer Science? Some Basic Definitions Molecular Weight Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading Appendix: Chemical Structures of Some Common Polymers POLYMER SYNTHESIS Introduction Step-Growth Polymerization Chain or Addition Polymerization Polymerization Processes Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading KINETICS OF STEP-GROWTH AND ADDITION POLYMERIZATION Introduction The Kinetics of Step-Growth Polymerization Kinetics of Free Radical Polymerization Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading STATISTICS OF STEP-GROWTH POLYMERIZATIONS Introduction The Statistics of Linear Polycondensation Molecular Weight Distributions in Linear Condensation Polymers Multichain Condensation Polymers Theory of Gelation Random Branching without Network Formation Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading COPOLYMERIZATION General Overview The Copolymer Equation Reactivity Ratios and Copolymer Composition Copolymer Sequence Distribution and the Application of Probability Theory Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading SPECTROSCOPY AND THE CHARACTERIZATION OF CHAIN STRUCTURE Introduction Fundamentals of Spectroscopy Basic Infrared Spectroscopy Characterization of Polymers by Infrared Spectroscopy Basic NMR Spectroscopy Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading STRUCTURE Introduction States of Matter and Bonding in Polymer Materials The Conformations or Configurations of Polymer Chains Random Walks, Random Flights and Disordered Polymer Chains Polymer Morphology Final Words - A Brief Comment on Size Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading CRYSTALLIZATION, MELTING AND THE GLASS TRANSITION Overview and General Approach Some Fundamentals Crystallization and Melting: Some Equilibrium Considerations The Kinetics of Polymer Crystallization The Crystalline Melting Temperature The Glass Transition Temperature Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading THERMODYNAMICS OF POLYMER SOLUTIONS AND BLENDS Introduction The Free Energy of Mixing The Phase Behavior of Polymer Solutions and Blends Dilute Solutions, Excluded Volume and the Theta Temperature Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND BRANCHING Introduction Osmotic Pressure and the Determination of Number average Molecular Weight Light Scattering and the Determination of Weight Average Molecular Weight Solution Viscometry and the Viscosity Average Molecular Weight Size Exclusion Chromatography SEC and the Determination of Long Chain Branching Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading MECHANICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES Introduction and Overview A Brief Review of Some Fundamentals Deviations form Ideal Behavior Introduction to Viscoelasticity Mechanical and Theoretical Models of Viscoeleastic Behavior Non-Linear Mechanical and Rheological Behavior Ultimate Properties Study Questions Suggestions for Further Reading INDEX