Polymer Materials: Macroscopic Properties and Molecular Interpretations

LIST OF SYMBOLS.

Introduction to Polymer Materials.

PART I.

1 The Four Classes of Polymer Materials.

2 The Macromolecular Chain in the Amorphous Bulk Polymer: Static and Dynamic Properties.

3 The Glass Transition.

4 Secondary Relaxations in Amorphous Polymers.

5 Entanglements in Bulk Un-Cross-Linked Polymers.

6 Semicrystalline Polymers.

PART II.

7 Elastic and Hyperelastic Behaviors.

8 Linear Viscoelastic Behavior.

9 Anelastic and Viscoplastic Behaviors.

10 Damage and Fracture of Solid Polymers.

PART III.

11 Mechanical Properties of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) and Some of Its Random Copolymers.

12 Mechanical Properties of Bisphenol-A Polycarbonate.

13 Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Resins.

14 Polyethylene and Ethylene-a-olefi n Copolymers.

15 High-Modulus Thermoplastic Polymers.

PART IV.

16 Mechanical Tests for Studying Impact Behavior.

17 High-Impact Polystyrene.

18 Toughened Poly(Methyl Methacrylate).

19 Toughened Aliphatic Polyamides.

20 Toughened Epoxy Resins.

PART V.

21 Chemically Cross-Linked Elastomers.

22 Reinforcement of Elastomers by Fillers.

23 Thermoplastic Elastomers.

Appendix: Problems.

INDEX.