Fibres, Films, Plastics and Rubbers. A Handbook of Common Polymers

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Page v
Acknowledgements, Page vi
How to Use this Book, Page ix
1 - List of Sections on Individual Polymers, Pages xi-xiv
2 - List of Sections on Specific Properties and Related Information, Pages xv-xvi
SECTION 1 - POLYETHYLENES, Pages 3-20
SECTION 2 - POLYPROPYLENE, Pages 21-32
SECTION 3 - POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE, Pages 33-44
SECTION 4 - POLYSTYRENE, Pages 45-58
SECTION 5 - INDENE AND COUMARONE/INDENE RESINS, Pages 59-65
SECTION 6 - POLYVINYL ACETATE, Pages 66-71
SECTION 7 - POLYVINYL ALCOHOL: Including insolubilised fibres, Pages 72-81
SECTION 8 - POLYVINYL FORMAL, ACETAL AND BUTYRAL, Pages 82-86
SECTION 9 - POLYACRYLATES AND POLYMETHACRYLATES: Acrylic resins, Pages 87-99
SECTION 10 - POLYACRYLONITRILE AND COPOLYMERS: Principally as Acrylic Fibres, Pages 100-107
SECTION 11 - POLYVINYL CHLORIDE, Pages 108-122
SECTION 12 - POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE: Principally as high-vinylidene copolymers, Pages 123-128
SECTION 13 - CELLULOSE: Principally as Fibres, Pages 129-148
SECTION 14 - CELLULOSE ACETATE, Pages 149-158
SECTION 15 - CELLULOSE NITRATE, Pages 159-163
SECTION 16 - CELLULOSE ETHERS (I): Alkali- and water-soluble types, Pages 164-168
SECTION 17 - CELLULOSE ETHERS (II): Alkali- and water-insoluble types (mainly ethylcellulose), Pages 169-173
SECTION 18 - ALGINIC ACID AND ALGINATES, Pages 174-181
SECTION 19 - STARCH: and starch derivatives, Pages 182-187
SECTION 20 - SILK AND WOOL, Pages 188-196
SECTION 21 - REGENERATED PROTEINS, Pages 197-204
SECTION 22 - APPENDIX ON THE COMPOSITION OF PROTEINS, Pages 205-208
SECTION 23 - POLYAMIDES, Pages 209-226
SECTION 24 - POLYESTERS, Pages 227-262
SECTION 25 - EPOXY RESINS, Pages 263-273
SECTION 26 - POLYFORMALDEHYDE, Pages 274-284
SECTION 27 - AMINO-FORMALDEHYDE RESINS: Principally as urea- and melamine-formaldehyde resins, Pages 285-298
SECTION 28 - PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESINS, Pages 299-312
SECTION 29 - NATURAL RUBBER, Pages 313-341
SECTION 30 - NATURAL RUBBER DERIVATIVES, Pages 342-352
SECTION 31 - EBONITE, Pages 353-363
SECTION 32 - ISOPRENE RUBBER (SYNTHETIC), Pages 364-372
SECTION 33 - BUTADIENE RUBBER, Pages 373-382
SECTION 34 - STYRENE/BUTADIENE RUBBERS, Pages 383-395
SECTION 35 - NITRILE RUBBERS, Pages 396-406
SECTION 36 - CHLOROPENE RUBBERS, Pages 407-417
SECTION 37 - ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE RUBBERS*, Pages 418-425
SECTION 38 - BUTYL RUBBER, Pages 426-435
SECTION 39 - POLYSULPHIDE RUBBERS, Pages 436-445
SECTION 40 - POLYURETHANES, Pages 446-457
SECTION 41 - SILICONES: Rubbers and Resins, Pages 458-471
SECTION 42 - GLASS: Principally as fibres, Pages 472-482
SECTION 51 - SIMPLEST FUNDAMENTAL UNIT, Pages 485-486
SECTION 52 - MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND DEGREE OF POLYMERISATION, Pages 487-493
SECTION 53 - X-RAY DATA, Pages 494-497
SECTION 54 - PREPARATION OF HIGH POLYMERS, Pages 498-508
SECTION 55 - SOLVENTS, Pages 509-514
SECTION 56 - PLASTICISERS, Pages 515-517
SECTION 57 - IDENTIFICATION, Pages 518-532
SECTION 58 - SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND DENSITY, Pages 533-536
SECTION 59 - REFRACTIVE INDEX, Pages 537-541
SECTION 60 - BIREFRINGENCE, Pages 542-544
SECTION 61 - WATER ABSORPTION: (PLASTICS AND RUBBERS), Pages 545-547
SECTION 62 - MOISTURE REGAIN: FIBRES, Pages 548-551
SECTION 63 - WATER RETENTION: FIBRES, Pages 552-553
SECTION 64 - PERMEABILITY, Pages 554-558
SECTION 65 - SPECIFIC HEAT, Pages 559-560
SECTION 66 - THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, Pages 561-563
SECTION 67 - COEFFICIENT OF LINEAR EXPANSION, Pages 564-565
SECTION 68 - PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE, Pages 566-571
SECTION 69 - ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY, Pages 572-576
SECTION 70 - DIELECTRIC STRENGTH, Pages 577-579
SECTION 71 - DIELECTRIC CONSTANT, Pages 580-583
SECTION 72 - POWER FACTOR, Pages 584-587
SECTION 73 - ELASTIC MODULUS, Pages 588-592
SECTION 74 - VISCO-ELASTIC BEHAVIOUR, Pages 593-596
SECTION 75 - TENSILE STRENGTH AND EXTENSION AT BREAK, Pages 597-604
SECTION 76 - FLEXURAL STRENGTH, Pages 605-607
SECTION 77 - COMPRESSION STRENGTH, Pages 608-609
SECTION 78 - IMPACT STRENGTH, Pages 610-612
SECTION 79 - HARDNESS, Pages 613-621
SECTION 80 - FRICTION AND ABRASION, Pages 622-626
SECTION 81 - FABRICATION, Pages 627-640
SECTION 82 - SERVICEABILITY, Pages 641-646
SECTION 83 - HISTORY, Pages 647-656
SECTION 84 - ADDITIONAL REFERENCES, Pages 657-658
NOTE ON S I UNITS, Pages 659-660
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 661-668
TRADE NAME INDEX, Pages 669-675
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 676-688