| preface. chapter i historical introduction 1. early investigations on naturally occurring polymers 2. early encounters with condensation polymers 3. vinyl polymers 4. rise of the macromolecular hypothesis chapter ii types of polymeric substances: definitions and classifications 1. primary definitions 2. classification of polymers 3. condensation polymers and condensation polymerization 4. addition polymers from unsaturated monomers 5. polymerization of cyclic compounds 6. anomalous condensation polymerizations 7. inorganic polymers 8. concluding remarks on the structure and properties of high polymers chapter iii molecular size and chemical reactivity; principles of condensation polymerization 1. chemical reactivity in homologous series of monomeric compounds 2. theory of the reactivity of large molecules 3. kinetics of condensation polymerization 4. kinetics of degradation of condensation polymers .5. molecular weights of linear condensation polymers 6. ring formation vs. chain polymerization 7. summary and conclusions: the principle of equal reactivity of all functional groups chapter iv polymerization of unsaturated monomers by free radical mechanisms 1. the conversion of monomer to polymer 2. chain lengths 3. absolute values of the rate constants for individual steps 4. inhibition and retardation of polymerization chapter v copolymerization. emulsion polymerization and ionic polymerization 1. the composition of addition copolymers 2. the rate of addition copolymerizafion 3. emulsion polymerization 4. ionic polymerization chapter vi the structure of vinyl polymers 1. arrangement of units in polymers derived from monovinyl menomen 2. structure and arrangement of units in polymers from dienes 3. steric hindrance in polymer chains 4. nonlinearity in the macro-structure of vinyl polymers 5. summary chapter vii determination of molecular weights 1. osmotic methods 2. determination of molecular weights aud polymer dimensions by light scattering 3. determinatiou of molecular weights with the ultracentrifuge 4. intrinsic viscosities in relation to molecular weights of high polymers chapter viii molecular weight distributions in linear polymers 1. condensation polymers .. 2. addition polymers 3. polymer fractionation chapter ix molecular weight distributions in nonlinear polymers and the theory of gelation 1. critical conditions for the formation of infinite networks 2. molecular distributions in polyfunctional condensations 3. molecular distributions in cross-linked systems 4. branching and cross-linking in vinyl addition polymers 5. summary chapter x configuration of polymer chains 1. statistical distribution of end-to-end dimensions 2. calculation of average dimensions for various polymer chain structures 3. configuration of polymer molecules in dilute solution chapter xi rubber elasticity 1. thermodynamics of rubber elasticity 2. the structure of vulcanized rubber 3. the statistical theory of rubber elasticity 4. experimental stress-strain behavior of vulcanized rubbers at moderate elongations 5. the stress-strain curve at high elongations chapter xii statistical thermodynamics of polymer solutions 1. general thermodynamic relations for polymer solutions 2. dilute polymer solutions chapter xiii phase equilibria in polymer systems 1. phase equilibria in liquid systems 2. phase equilibria in semicrystalline systems 3. swelling of network structures chapter xiv configurational and frictional properties of the polymer molecule in dilute solution 1. intramolecular interactions and the average molecular extension 2. frictional properties of the polymer molecule in solution 3. treatment of experimental results: intrinsic viscosities of nonionic polymers 4. treatment of experimental results: frictional coeffcients 5. linear polyelectrolytes glossary of principal symbols author index subject index... |
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