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This text provides a comprehensive overview of the physical characteristics of polymers from random polymer chains and the statistical concepts of a gaussian chain to crystalline polymers and their kinetics. The main part of the book is concerned with the different physical states and phenomena whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gedde, U. W. (Ulf W.)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, Netherlands ; Norwell, MA : Kluwer Academic Publ., [2001, 1999]
Edition:Second edition?].
Subjects:
Polymers.
Polymerization.
Polímeros.
Polimerización.
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Table of Contents:
  • A brief introduction to polymer science.
  • Chain conformations in polymers.
  • The rubber elastic state.
  • Polymer solutions.
  • The glassy amorphous state.
  • The molten state.
  • Crystalline polymers.
  • Crystallization kinetics.
  • Chain orientation.
  • Thermal analysis of polymers.
  • Microscopy of polymers.
  • Spectroscopy and scattering of polymers.
  • Solutions to problems given in exercises.