目录

  • 1 Chapter 1
    • 1.1 What are Polymers?
    • 1.2 History of Polymer Science
    • 1.3 Definition of Polymers
    • 1.4 Classifications of Polymers
    • 1.5 Naming of Polymers
    • 1.6 Molecular Weight of Polymers
    • 1.7 Physical State
    • 1.8 Thermal Transitions
    • 1.9 Mechnical Properties and Applications
  • 2 Step Polymerization
    • 2.1 Polycondensation
    • 2.2 Linear Polycondensation
      • 2.2.1 Characteristic of linear polycondensation
      • 2.2.2 Molecular Weight Control of Linear Polycondensation
      • 2.2.3 Cyclization Tendency versus Ring Size
      • 2.2.4 Process Condition
      • 2.2.5 Important Linear Polycondensation Polymers
    • 2.3 Crosslinking Polycondensation
      • 2.3.1 Branching
      • 2.3.2 Crosslinking
      • 2.3.3 Gelation and Gel Point
      • 2.3.4 Carothers Equation
      • 2.3.5 Statistical Approach
      • 2.3.6 Important Crosslinking Polymers
    • 2.4 Step-growth addition Polymerization
      • 2.4.1 Polyurethane
      • 2.4.2 Reactants and Catalyst
      • 2.4.3 Reaction Mechsnism and Reactivity
      • 2.4.4 Difficult and Opportunity
  • 3 Chain Polymerization
    • 3.1 Thermodynamics
    • 3.2 Radical Polymerization
      • 3.2.1 Elementary Reactions
      • 3.2.2 Characteristics
      • 3.2.3 Initiator
      • 3.2.4 Monomoer Structure and Polymerization Mechanism
      • 3.2.5 Rate of Radical Chain Polymerization
      • 3.2.6 Molecular Weight
    • 3.3 Chain Copolymerization
      • 3.3.1 Copolymer composition
      • 3.3.2 Types of Copolymerizaiton Behavior
      • 3.3.3 Variation of Composition with Conversion
      • 3.3.4 Radical Copolymerization and Reactivity
      • 3.3.5 Ionic Copolymerization
    • 3.4 Ionic Polymerization
      • 3.4.1 Anionic Polymerization
      • 3.4.2 Cationic Polymerization
    • 3.5 Physical Methods
Classifications of Polymers