Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry: Applications to Polymers and Plastics (Volume 3) (Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Volume 3)

As a new and exciting field of interdisciplinary macromolecular science and engineering, polymeric materials will have a profound presence in 21st century chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, manufacturing, infrastructure, electronic, optical and information technologies. The origin of this field derived from an area of polymer science and engineering encompassing plastic technologies. The field is rapidly expanding to incorporate new interdisciplinary research areas such as biomaterials, macromolecular biology, novel macromolecular structures, environmental macromolecular science and engineering, innovative and nano-fabrications of products, and is translating discoveries into technologies. · Unique in combining scientific concepts with technological aspects · Provides a comprehensive and broad coverage of thermodynamic and thermal behaviours of various polymeric materials as well as methodologies of thermal analysis and calorimetry · Contributions are from both pioneering scientists and the new generation of researchers v. 1. Principles and practice / edited by Michael E. Brown v. 2. Applications to inorganic and miscellaneous materials / edited by Michael E. Brown, Patrick K. Gallagher v. 3. Applications to polymers and plastics / edited by Stephen Z.D. Cheng v. 4. From macromolecules to man / edited by R.B. Kemp. Heat capacity is the basic quantity derived from calorimetric measurements and is used in the description of its thermodynamics.