Overview

There is, at present, no scarcity of polymer textbooks in the English language. Some of them attempt to cover the entire field, others focus their attention on certain parts of it, e.g., organic chemistry, physical chemistry, solid state physics, etc. This situation must necessarily raise the question, ""Why publish another book?"" and, even more, ""Why translate a book which exists already in German?"" and is to a lesser or greater extent legible and comprehensible to many English­ speaking scientists. It appears that a justification can be found in the special character of its content and presentation. As far as content is concerned, Vollmert's book is more encompassing than most existing treatises and, in this sense, almost represents a hybrid between a ""textbook"" and a ""handbook."" Numerous figures and tables convey directly a wealth of data. On the other hand, the text is designed to be educational and, in many instances, goes a long way to explain why certain properties are observed and why certain processes take place. These excursions into the intellectual clarification of somewhat complicated phenomena are a refreshing and unusual interruption of the main stream which presents synthesis, characteriza­ tion and properties of polymeric systems in the classical way.

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Author:   Bruno Vollmert ,  Edmund H. Immergut
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.021kg
ISBN:  

9783642652950

ISBN 10:   3642652956
Pages:   652
Publication Date:   11 November 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 General characterization.- 2 The macromolecular concept.- 3 Molecular weight and polymolecularity.- 4 Classification according to molecular size.- 5 Inorganic and organic polymers.- 6 Natural and synthetic macromolecules.- 1 Structural Principles.- 11 Chain structure, degree of polymerization.- 12 Copolymers.- 13 Branched and cross-linked polymers.- 14 Primary, secondary, and tertiary structures.- 2 Synthesis and Reactions of Macromolecular Compounds.- 21 Synthesis of macromolecules with C-C chains through polymerization of olefinic unsaturated compounds.- 22 Synthesis of macromolecules with heteroatoms in the chain.- 23 Enzymatic synthesis.- 24 The stepwise synthesis of proteins.- 25 Graft-copolymers and block-copolymers.- 26 Purification of polymers.- 27 Chemical transformation of polymers.- 3 The Properties of the Individual Macromolecule.- 31 Molecular weight.- 32 The form of the macromolecule (molecular shape).- 4 States of Macromolecular Aggregation.- 41 Intermodular forces and aggregation (association).- 42 The macromolecular solution.- 43 The gel state.- 44 The rubber-elastic state (viscoelasticity).- 45 The solid state.

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