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  title info:
    title: Introduction to polymers
  name:
    name part: Young, Robert J. (Robert Joseph)
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Lovell, P. A. (Peter A.)
  name:
    name part: Ebook Library
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: flu
    date issued: 2011
    edition: 3rd ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  table of contents: Note continued: 9.4.2.5.Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Active-Centre Transformation -- 9.4.3.Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Coupling of Polymer Chains -- 9.4.3.1.Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Click-Coupling of Homopolymer Chains -- 9.4.4.Synthesis of Non-Linear Block Copolymers -- 9.5.Graft Copolymer Synthesis -- 9.5.1.Synthesis of Graft Copolymers by Polymerization from a Backbone Polymer -- 9.5.2.Synthesis of Graft Copolymers by Copolymerization with Macromonomers -- 9.5.3.Synthesis of Graft Copolymers by Coupling of Polymer Chains to a Backbone Polymer -- Problems -- Further Reading -- pt. II Characterization of Polymers -- ch. 10 Theoretical Description of Polymers in Solution -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions -- 10.2.1.Thermodynamics of Ideal Solutions -- 10.2.2.Flory-Huggins Theory -- 10.2.3.Partial Molar Quantities and Chemical Potential -- 10.2.4.Dilute Polymer Solutions -- 10.2.5.The Solubility Parameter Approach -- 10.3.Chain Dimensions -- 10.3.1.Freely-Jointed Chains -- 10.3.2.Effects of Bond Angle and Short-Range Steric Restrictions -- 10.3.3.Effects of Long-Range Steric Interactions: Chains with Excluded Volume -- 10.4.Frictional Properties of Polymer Molecules in Dilute Solution -- 10.4.1.Frictional Coefficients of Polymer Molecules -- 10.4.2.Hydrodynamic Volume and Intrinsic Viscosity in the Non-Draining Limit -- 10.4.3.Diffusion of Polymer Molecules in the Non-Draining Limit -- 10.4.4.Solution Behaviour of Polyelectrolytes -- Problems -- Further Reading -- ch. 11 Number-Average Molar Mass -- 11.1.Introduction to Measurements of Number-Average Molar Mass -- 11.2.Membrane Osmometry -- 11.2.1.Osmosis and Chemical Potential -- 11.2.2.Measurement of Osmotic Pressure -- 11.3.Vapour Pressure Osmometry -- 11.4.Ebulliometry and Cryoscopy -- 11.5.End-Group Analysis -- 11.6.Effects of Low Molar Mass Impurities upon -- Problems -- Further Reading -- ch. 12 Scattering Methods -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.Static Light Scatteri…
  table of contents: 20 Viscoelasticity -- 20.1.Introduction -- 20.2.Viscoelastic Mechanical Models -- 20.2.1.Maxwell Model -- 20.2.2.Voigt Model -- 20.2.3.Standard Linear Solid -- 20.3.Boltzmann Superposition Principle -- 20.4.Dynamic Mechanical Testing -- 20.5.Frequency Dependence of Viscoelastic Behaviour -- 20.6.Transitions and Polymer Structure -- 20.7.Time-Temperature Superposition -- 20.8.Effect of Entanglements -- 20.9.Non-Linear Viscoelasticity -- Problems -- Further Reading -- ch. 21 Elastomers -- 21.1.Introduction -- 21.1.1.General Considerations -- 21.1.2.Vulcanization -- 21.1.3.Mechanical Behaviour -- 21.2.Thermodynamics of Elastomer Deformation -- 21.3.Statistical Theory of Elastomer Deformation -- 21.3.1.Entropy of an Individual Chain -- 21.3.2.Deformation of the Polymer Network -- 21.3.3.Limitations and Use of the Theory -- 21.3.3.1.Entanglements -- 21.3.3.2.Chain Ends -- 21.4.Stress-Strain Behaviour of Elastomers -- 21.5.Factors Affecting Mechanical Behaviour -- 21.5.1.Swelling -- 21.5.2.Strain-Induced Crystallization -- Problems -- Further Reading -- ch. 22 Yield and Crazing -- 22.1.Introduction -- 22.2.Phenomenology of Yield -- 22.2.1.Definitions -- 22.2.2.Necking and the Considere Construction -- 22.2.3.Rate and Temperature Dependence -- 22.3.Yield Criteria -- 22.3.1.Tresca Yield Criterion -- 22.3.2.Von Mises Yield Criterion -- 22.3.3.Pressure-Dependent Yield Behaviour -- 22.4.Deformation Mechanisms -- 22.4.1.Theoretical Shear Stress -- 22.4.2.Shear Yielding in Glassy Polymers -- 22.4.2.1.Stress-Induced Increase in Free Volume --
  table of contents: Note continued: 22.4.2.2.Application of the Eyring Theory to Yield in Polymers -- 22.4.2.3.Molecular Theories of Yield -- 22.4.3.Plastic Deformation of Polymer Crystals -- 22.4.3.1.Slip -- 22.4.3.2.Dislocation Motion -- 22.4.3.3.Twinning -- 22.4.3.4.Martensitic Transformations -- 22.4.4.Plastic Deformation of Semi-Crystalline Polymers -- 22.5.Crazing -- 22.5.1.Craze Yielding -- 22.5.2.Craze Criteria -- 22.5.3.Crazing in Glassy Polymers -- Problems -- Further Reading -- ch. 23 Fracture and Toughening -- 23.1.Introduction -- 23.2.Fundamentals of Fracture -- 23.2.1.Theoretical Tensile Strength -- 23.2.2.Molecular Failure Processes -- 23.2.2.1.Bond Rupture -- 23.2.2.2.Effect of Molar Mass -- 23.3.Mechanics of Fracture -- 23.3.1.Brittle Fracture and Flaws -- 23.3.2.Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics -- 23.3.2.1.Definitions -- 23.3.2.2.Fracture Mechanics Testing -- 23.3.2.3.Crack Propagation in Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) -- 23.3.3.Tearing of Elastomers -- 23.3.4.Ductile Fracture -- 23.4.Fracture Phenomena -- 23.4.1.Ductile-Brittle Transitions -- 23.4.2.Impact -- 23.4.3.Fatigue -- 23.4.4.Environmental Fracture -- 23.5.Toughened Polymers -- 23.5.1.Mechanical Behaviour of Rubber-Toughened Polymers -- 23.5.2.Mechanisms of Rubber-Toughening -- 23.5.2.1.Transmission Electron Microscopy -- 23.5.2.2.Volume Change Measurements -- Problems -- Further.Reading -- ch. 24 Polymer Composites -- 24.1.Introduction to Composite Materials -- 24.2.Matrix Materials -- 24.3.Types of Reinforcement -- 24.3.1.Particles -- 24.3.2.Fibres -- 24.3.2.1.Glass Fibres -- 24.3.2.2.Carbon Fibres -- 24.3.2.3.High-Modulus Polymer Fibres -- 24.4.Composite Composition -- 24.5.Particulate Reinforcement -- 24.5.1.Packing Geometries -- 24.5.2.Elastic Deformation -- 24.5.3.Fracture -- 24.6.Fibre Reinforcement -- 24.6.1.Composite Geometry -- 24.6.1.1.Fibre Packing -- 24.6.1.2.Fibre Arrangements -- 24.6.2.Continuous Fibres -- 24.6.2.1.Axial Stiffness -- 24.6.2.2.Transverse Stiffness -- 24.6.3.Discontinuous Fibres -- 2…
  note: Robert J. Young and Peter A. Lovell.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Polymers
    genre: Textbooks
  subject:
    topic: Polymerization
    genre: Textbooks
  classification: QD381 .Y68 2011
  classification: 547/.7
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