Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing [Hardcover]

Covering a broad range of polymer science topics, Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing provides polymer industry professionals and researchers in polymer science and technology with a single, comprehensive handbook summarizing all aspects involved in the polymer production chain. The handbook focuses on industrially important polymers, analytical techniques, and formulation methods, with chapters covering step-growth, radical, and co-polymerization, crosslinking and grafting, reaction engineering, advanced technology applications, including conjugated, dendritic, and nanomaterial polymers and emulsions, and characterization methods, including spectroscopy, light scattering, and microscopy.

PREFACE xv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii

CONTRIBUTORS xix

PART I BASIC CONCEPTS 1

1 Introduction to Polymers and Polymer Types 3
Enrique Sald´ývar-Guerra and Eduardo Vivaldo-Lima

1.1 Introduction to Polymers 3

1.2 Classification of Polymers 8

1.3 Nomenclature 12

References 13

2 Polymer States and Properties 15
J. Betzabe Gonz´alez-Campos, Gabriel Luna-B´arcenas, Diana G. Z´arate-Trivi˜no, Arturo Mendoza-Galv´an, Evgen Prokhorov, Francisco Villase˜nor-Ortega, and Isaac C. Sanchez

2.1 Introduction 15

2.2 Glass Transition Temperature (α-Relaxation) Controversy in Chitin, Chitosan, and PVA 16

2.3 Glass Transition Related to the α-Relaxation 16

2.4 Moisture Content Effects on Polymer’s Molecular Relaxations 17

2.5 Dielectric Fundamentals 18

2.6 Chl3