TY - BOOK AU - Cowie,J.M.G. AU - Arrighi,V. TI - Polymers :chemistry and physics of modern materials -3rd ed. SN - 9780849398131 (pb) AV - QD381 .C68 2008 U1 - 547.7 COW-ARR 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Polymers KW - Textbooks KW - Polymerization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Step-growth polymerization -- Chapter 3: Free-radical addition polymerization -- Chapter 4: Ionic polymerization -- Chapter 5: Linear copolymers and other architectures -- Chapter 6. Polymer stereochemistry -- Chapter 7: Polymerization reactions initiated by metal catalysts and transfer reactions -- Chapter 8: Polymers in solution -- Chapter 9: Polymer characterization - Molar masses -- Chapter 10: Polymer characterization - Chain dimensions, structures, and morphology -- Chapter 11: The crystalline state and partially ordered structures -- Chapter 12: The glassy state and glass transition -- Chapter 13: Rheology and mechanical properties -- Chapter 14: The elastomeric state -- Chapter 15: Structure-property relations -- Chapter 16: Polymers for the electronics industry ER -