Comprehensive Polymer Science 
Subtitle: Step Polymerization
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: April 1, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 753
ISBN-13: 9780080362090
Subjects: Plastics & polymers technology; Chemistry - Organic; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Textiles & Polymers; Technology / Textiles & Polymers; Science; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: The earliest classification into condensation and addition polymers, proposed by Carothers and used for a long time, was based on the classical definitions given in organic chemistry of condensation and addition reactions, through which polymers are synthesized from suitable monomers or reactants.