An Introduction to Polymer Chemistry: The Commonwealth and International Library: Intermediate Chemistry Division

An Introduction to Polymer Chemistry focuses on the fundamental chemistry of synthetic organic polymers of high molecular weight. This book explains the basic principles of polymer chemistry, from significant methods of molecular weight determination to the simpler mechanisms of polymerization. The osmotic, light scattering, and viscosity methods of molecular weight determination are fully discussed together with the kinetics of selected examples of condensation and free-radical addition polymerization. The main features of ionic polymerization are also elaborated. This text, however, does not .. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Pages vii-viii LIST OF PRINCIPAL SYMBOLS , Pages ix-xiv CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION , Pages 1-39 CHAPTER 2 - DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT , Pages 40-118 CHAPTER 3 - CONDENSATION POLYMERIZATION , Pages 119-150 CHAPTER 4 - FREE RADICAL ADDITION POLYMERIZATION , Pages 151-237 CHAPTER 5 - IONIC POLYMERIZATION , Pages 238-283 REFERENCES , Pages 284-285 INDEX , Pages 287-294