Introduction to polymer chemistry
By: Charles E. Carraher
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9781466554948
Subjects: Polymerization; Polymers; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Material Science; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers; SCIENCE / Chemistry / General
Description: "Providing a well-rounded presentation, this book covers the principles and applications of natural, synthetic, inorganic, and organic polymers. Using simple fundamentals, the author shows how the basic principles of one polymer group can be applied to all other groups. Brief case studies illustrate various developments and the societal and scientific contexts in which these changes occurred. This new third edition continues to address environmental concerns and green polymeric materials but also adds new material on health concerns of additives as well as additional information on the use of microbes for monomer synthesis and cracking processes in fuels. Each chapter contains careful updates"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.