Properties of polymers : their correlation with chemical structure ; their numerical estimation and prediction from additive group contributions /

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Main Authors: Krevelen, D. W. van (Dirk Willem)
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam :
Publication Dates: 1997.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: 3rd edition.
Subjects:
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444828774
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxii, 875 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780444596123
0444596127
Index Number: TA455
CLC: O631.2
Contents: Front Cover; Properties of Polymers; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1972); FROM THE PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION (1976); PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION (1990); ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; Part I: General introduction: A bird's-eye view of polymer science and engineering; Chapter 1. Polymer properties; Approach and Objective; Bibliography; Chapter 2. Typology of polymers; A. Polymer structure; B. Molecular mass and molecular mass distribution (mmd)1; C. Phase transitions in polymers; D. Morphology of solid polymers; E. Polymeric liquid crystals.
F. Multiple component polymer systemsG. Relaxation phenomena; Appendix I: Milestones in the history of polymer science; Appendix II: Chronological development of commercial polymers; Bibliography; Chapter 3. Typology of properties; A. The concept ""Polymer properties""; B. Physical quantities and their units; C. Categories of physical quantities; D. Dimensionless groups of quantities; E. Types of molar properties; F. Additive molar functions; Bibliography; Part II: Thermophysical properties of polymers; Chapter 4. Volumetric properties; A. Fundamental quantities of mass and volume.
B. Standard molar volumes at room temperature (298 K)C. Thermal expansion; D. Isothermal compression -- Equations of state; Bibliography; Chapter 5. Calorimetric properties; A. Heat capacity; B. Latent heat of crystallization and fusion (melting); C. Enthalpy and entropy; Bibliography; Chapter 6. Transition temperatures; A. The glass transition temperature; B. The crystalline melting point; C. Relationship between glass transition temperature and melting point of polymers; D. Relationship between Tg, Tm and other transition temperatures; E. Transitions in thermotropic liquid crystal polymers.
Appendix I: Rules of thumb for substituting a H-atom by a group XAppendix II: Similarities and differences between Yg and Ym; Bibliography; Chapter 7. Cohesive properties and solubility; A. Cohesive energy; B. Solubility; C. Internal pressure; Bibliography; Chapter 8. Interfacial energy properties; A. Surface energy of liquids and melts; B. Surface energy of solid polymers; C. General expression for the interfacial tension; D. Polymer adhesion; Bibliography; Chapter 9. Limiting viscosity number (intrinsic viscosity) and related properties of very dilute solutions.
A. Molecular dimensions of the conformational stateB. The limiting viscosity number (intrinsic viscosity); C. Interrelationships of ""limiting"" diffusive transport quantities; Bibliography; Part III: Properties of polymers in fields of force; Chapter 10. Optical properties; A. Optical properties in general; B. Light refraction; C. Reflection; D. Birefringence (and optical rotation); E. Light scattering; F. Absorption; G. Optical appearance properties; Bibliography; Chapter 11. Electrical properties; A. Dielectric polarization; B. Static electrification and conductivity.