Principles of Polymer Chemistry

• Main Author: Ravve, A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2012.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Polymers.; Polymer Sciences.; Organic Chemistry.; Physical Chemistry.

This successful textbook undergoes a change of character in the third edition. Where earlier editions covered organic polymer chemistry, the third edition covers both physical and organic chemistry. Thus kinetics and thermodynamics of polymerization reactions are discussed. This textbook also covers...

Table of Contents:

• Physical Properties and Physical Chemistry of Polymers
• Free-Radical Chain-Growth Polymerization
• Ionic Chain-Growth Polymerization
• Ring-Opening Polymerizations
• Common Chain-Growth Polymers
• Step-Growth Polymerization and Step-Growth Polymers
• Naturally Occurring Polymers
• Reactivity and Chemical Modifications of Polymers
• Polymeric Materials for Special Applications.