The Science of Polymer Molecules (Cambridge Solid State Science Series) - Softcover

Boyd, Richard H.; Phillips, Paul J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521565081 ISBN 13: 9780521565080

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book is an introduction to polymers that focuses on the synthesis, structure, and properties of the individual molecules that constitute polymeric materials. The authors approach the subject matter from a molecular basis and carefully develop principles from an elementary starting point. Their discussion includes an overview of polymer synthesis, an introduction to the concept and measurement of molecular weight, a detailed view of polymer kinetics and the three-dimensional architecture of polymers, and a statistical description of disorder.

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Book Description

This book is an introduction to polymers and focuses on the synthesis, structure and properties of the individual molecules that constitute polymeric materials. It approaches polymeric materials from a molecular basis on the belief that there is a common core of knowledge and principles concerning polymer molecules that can be set out in an introductory work. The book is characterised by a detailed development of principles rather than by presentation of results, and can be used as a self-study guide as well as a textbook.

Review

"...a welcome addition to the scientific literature in general and to the Cambridge Solid State Science Series ...an exceptionally interesting and useful book..." Polymer News and Computational Polymer Science

"Recommended for academic libraries wherever polymer or materials science are taught." Choice

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521565081
• ISBN 13: 9780521565080
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 410