Limit search to available items
833 results found. sorted by date .
Book Cover
E-book
Author Koltzenburg, Sebastian, author

Title Polymer chemistry
Edition Second edition / Sebastian Koltzenburg, Michael Maskos, Oskar Nuyken ; translated by Karl Hughes
Published Berlin : Springer, [2023]
©2023

Copies

Description 1 online resource
Contents Intro -- Preface -- Preface to the German Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1: Introduction and Basic Concepts -- 1.1 Polymers: Unique Materials -- 1.2 Definition of Terminology and Basic Concepts -- 1.2.1 Fundamentals -- 1.2.2 Polyreactions -- 1.2.3 Nomenclature of Polymers -- 1.3 Polymer Architectures -- 1.3.1 Linear and Branched Macromolecules -- 1.3.2 Isomerism in Polymers -- 1.3.3 Copolymers -- References -- 2: Polymers in Solution -- 2.1 Chain Models -- 2.2 Chain Stiffness -- 2.3 Entropy Elasticity -- 2.4 Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions
2.4.1 Ideal and Real Solutions -- References -- 3: Polymer Analysis: Molar Mass Determination -- 3.1 Definition of Molar Mass Parameters -- 3.2 Absolute Methods -- 3.2.1 End Group Analysis -- 3.2.2 Colligative Properties -- 3.2.3 Membrane Osmometry -- 3.2.4 Vapor Pressure Osmometry -- 3.2.5 Ultracentrifuge -- 3.2.6 Light Scattering -- 3.2.7 Static Light Scattering -- 3.2.8 Dynamic Light Scattering -- 3.2.9 MALDI-TOF-MS -- 3.3 Relative Methods -- 3.3.1 Viscometry -- 3.3.2 Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) -- References -- 4: Polymers in Solid State -- 4.1 Phase Transitions in Polymeric Solids
4.2 Methods for the Determination of TG and Tm -- 4.2.1 Static Procedures -- 4.2.2 Dynamic Procedures -- Reference -- 5: Partially Crystalline Polymers -- 5.1 Factors that Influence Melting Temperature -- 5.1.1 Influence of the Conditions for Crystallization -- 5.1.2 Influence of Chain Flexibility -- 5.1.3 Influence of Chain Symmetry -- 5.1.4 Influence of Interactions Between the Chains -- 5.1.5 Influence of Tacticity -- 5.1.6 Influence of Branching -- 5.1.7 Influence of Molar Mass -- 5.1.8 Comonomers -- 5.2 Morphology of Partially Crystalline Polymers
5.3 Crystallization Kinetics -- References -- 6: Amorphous Polymers -- 6.1 Dependence of the Mechanical Properties of Amorphous Polymers on Temperature -- 6.2 Amorphous State -- 6.3 Glass Transition -- 6.4 Factors that Influence the Glass Transition Temperature -- 6.4.1 Chain Flexibility -- 6.4.2 Steric Effects/Substituents -- 6.4.3 Tacticity, Branching/Cross-Linking, and Molar Mass -- 6.4.4 Plasticizers -- 6.5 Rheological Behavior of Polymer Melts -- 6.5.1 Newtonian Fluid -- 6.5.2 Non-Newtonian Fluids -- 6.5.3 Process of Reptation -- 6.6 Viscoelasticity
6.6.1 Influence of Time on the Mechanical Behavior -- 6.6.2 The Maxwell Approach -- 6.6.3 Voigt-Kelvin Model -- 6.6.4 The Burgers Model -- References -- 7: Polymers as Materials -- 7.1 Fracture Behavior -- 7.2 Tailor-Made Plastics -- 7.2.1 Mechanical Characteristics -- 7.2.2 Optical Characteristics -- 7.2.3 Materials for Lightweight Construction -- 7.2.4 High-Temperature Materials -- 7.3 Cross-Linked Materials -- 7.3.1 Structure and Application of Networks -- 7.3.2 Mechanical Characteristics of Networks -- 7.3.3 Network Synthesis -- 7.4 Typical Cross-Linking Reactions
Summary Awarded the Literature Prize of the VCI This comprehensive textbook describes the synthesis, characterization and technical and engineering applications of polymers. Polymers are unique molecules and have properties different from any other class of materials. We encounter them in everyday life, not only in the form of the well-known, large-volume plastics such as PE or PP or the many other special polymers, some of which are very specifically modified but also in nature as polymeric biomolecules, such as DNA. Our life, as we know it, would not only be completely different without macromolecules but it would also be biologically impossible. This textbook provides a broad knowledge of the basic concepts of macromolecular chemistry and the unique properties of this class of materials. Environmentally relevant topics, such as biopolymers and microplastic, which should not be missing in a contemporary textbook are also covered. Building on basic knowledge of organic chemistry and thermodynamics, the book presents an easy-to-understand yet in-depth picture of this very dynamic and increasingly important interdisciplinary science that involves elements of chemistry, physics, engineering, and the life sciences. Readers of this work can confirm their understanding of the text at the end of each chapter by working through a selection of exercises. In writing the book, great importance was attached to good readability despite the necessary depth of detail. It is a book that is just as suitable for students of chemistry and related courses as it is for the applied scientist in an industrial environment. The first edition of this work is so far the only textbook on polymer chemistry to be awarded the Literature Prize of the Fund of the German Chemical Industry Association in 2015
Notes Translated from the German
Previous edition of this translation: published as by Sebastian Koltzenburg. 2016
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 20, 2023)
Subject Polymers.
polymers.
Polymers
Form Electronic book
Author Maskos, Michael, author
Nuyken, O., author.
Pask, Stephen D., translator
Koltzenburg, Sebastian. Polymer chemistry. First edition
ISBN 9783662649299
3662649292