TY - BOOK AU - Stevens,Malcolm P. TI - Polymer chemistry: an introduction SN - 9780195124446 : U1 - 547.7 STE PY - 1999/// CY - New York, Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Polymers KW - Polymerization KW - Manufacturing industries KW - thema KW - Polymer chemistry KW - Plastics & polymers N1 - Previous ed.: 1990; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: Polymer Structure and Properties - 1.Basic principles -- 2.Molecular weight and polymer solutions -- 3.Chemical structure and polymer morphology -- 4.Chemical structure and polymer properties -- 5.Evaluation, characterization and analysis of polymers. Part II: Vinyl Polymers - 6.Free radical polymerization -- 7.Ionic polymerization -- 8.Vinyl polymerization with complex coordination catalysts -- 9.Reactions of vinyl polymers. Part III: Nonvinyl Polymers - 10.Step-reaction and ring-opening polymerization -- 11.Polyethers, polsulfides and related polymers -- 12.Polyesters -- 13.Polyamides and related polymers -- 14.Phenol- and milamine-formaldehyde polymers -- 15.Heterocyclic polymers -- 16.Inorganic and partially inorganic polymers -- 17.Miscellaneous organic polymers -- 18.Natural polymers N2 - Providing graduate and advanced undergraduate students with an introduction to the chemistry of macromolecular substances, this book includes their synthesis and the properties underlying their commercial importance. It also covers developments in polymer science and the methods used for testing and characterizing polymers ER -