Polymers - An Introduction

There are three situations that appear to be relevant here. First, we may think of a solid polymer formed from the melt second, the much more compliant elastomers that initially come to mind when we think of rubber elasticity and third, polymer gels formed in polymer solutions. In each case the details of the physical chemistry of the macromolecules is crucial to the understanding of the structure that is formed. In this section we will concentrate on organic macromolecules because the rheology of these molecular systems is often the reason for their use. 

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Sect. 1.4. A number of books specializing on the techniques of polymer characterization are White JR (1989) Polymer Characterization. Chapman and Hall, New York. Barth HG, Mays JW (1991) Modem Methods of Polymer Characterization. Wiley-Interscience, New York. Compton TR (1989) Analysis of Polymers An Introduction. Pergamon Press, New York. Craver CD (1983) Polymer Characterization. Am Chem Soc Washington DC (Advances in Chemistry Series 203). 

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