10th Edition

Carraher's Polymer Chemistry

By Charles E. Carraher Jr. Copyright 2018
    816 Pages 550 Color Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Carraher's Polymer Chemistry, Tenth Edition integrates the core areas of polymer science. Along with updating of each chapter, newly added content reflects the growing applications in Biochemistry, Biomaterials, and Sustainable Industries. Providing a user-friendly approach to the world of polymeric materials, the book allows students to integrate their chemical knowledge and establish a connection between fundamental and applied chemical information. It contains all of the elements of an introductory text with synthesis, property, application, and characterization. Special sections in each chapter contain definitions, learning objectives, questions, case studies and additional reading.

    Preface

    Acknowledgments

    Author

    Chapter 1 Introduction to Polymers

    Chapter 2 Polymer Structure (Morphology)

    Chapter 3 Molecular Weight of Polymers

    Chapter 4 Polycondensation Polymers (Step-Reaction Polymerization)

    Chapter 5 Ionic Chain-Reaction and Complex Coordination Polymerization (Addition Polymerization)

    Chapter 6 Free Chain Polymerization (Addition Polymerization)

    Chapter 7 Copolymerization

    Chapter 8 Composites and Fillers

    Chapter 9 Naturally Occurring Polymers—Plants

    Chapter 10 Naturally Occurring Polymers—Animals

    Chapter 11 Organometallic and Inorganic–Organic Polymers

    Chapter 12 Inorganic Polymers

    Chapter 13 Testing and Spectrometric Characterization of Polymers

    Chapter 14 Rheology and Physical Tests

    Chapter 15 Additives

    Chapter 16 Reactions on Polymers

    Chapter 17 Synthesis of Reactants and Intermediates for Polymers

    Chapter 18 Polymer Technology

    Chapter 19 Selected Topics

    Appendix A: Symbols

    Appendix B: Structures of Common Polymers

    Appendix C: Mathematical Values and Units

    Appendix D: Comments on Health

    Appendix E: ISO 9000 and 14000

    Appendix F: Electronic Education Websites

    Index

    Biography

    Charles E. Carraher, Jr., is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, and associate director of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies, Palm Beach Gardens. He was recognized as the most outstanding chemist in the southeastern United States (1992) by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Dr. Carraher currently serves as co-chair of the ACS’s Joint Polymer Education Committee, on the board of the Intersocietal Polymer Education Committee, and has been a member of the ACS’s Committee on Professional Training (CPT). He also serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Polymeric Materials and on the board of the Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials and the Journal Chinese Advanced Materials Society. The author or co-editor of about 80 books and over 1,100 articles, Dr. Carraher has chaired/co-chaired numerous national and international symposia. His research has led to the synthesis of over 75 new families of polymers.