Principles of polymer chemistry
By: By Paul J. Flory.
Contributors: State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Ithaca, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780801401343
Subjects: Polymerization.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Historical introduction; title: Types of polymeric substances: definitions and classifications; title: Molecular size and chemical reactivity; principles of condensation polymerization; title: Polymerization of unsaturated monomers by free radical mechanisms; title: Copolymerization, emulsion polymerization and ionic polymerization; title: The structure of vinyl polymers; title: Determination of molecular weights; title: Molecular weight distributions in linear polymers; title: Molecular weight distributions in nonlinear polymers and the theory of gelation; title: Configuration of polymer chains; title: Rubber elasticity; title: Statistical thermodynamics of polymer solutions; title: Phase equilibria in polymer systems; title: Configurational and frictional properties of the polymer molecule in dilute solution.