Polymers: The Origins and Growth of a ScienceThe finest history of the subject describes early concepts of molecular structure; molecular weight; colloids; addition polymerization; natural polymers; beginning of polymer-based industries; the work of Staudinger, Mark, Carothers, and other pioneers in defining the macromolecule; plus more recent advances in polymerization. 1985 edition. |
Contents
Berzelius Coins a Name | 3 |
Early Observations of Addition Polymerization | 16 |
Molecular Weights | 26 |
Natural Macromolecules | 32 |
Colloids 3555 | 47 |
Beginnings of a Polymer Industry | 53 |
The Beginnings of a Synthetic Rubber Industry | 63 |
The Impact of XRay Crystallography | 70 |
The Elasticity of Flexible Chain Polymers | 148 |
Polyelectrolytes | 157 |
Free Radical Polymerizaiton | 169 |
Ionic and Coordination Polymerization | 182 |
Advances in Polycondensation and Ring | 193 |
The Impact of Spectroscopy | 214 |
Polymer Solutions | 221 |
Polymers in Bulk | 241 |
Staudingers Struggle for Macromolecules | 86 |
New Methods for the Determination of the Molecular Weight | 99 |
Polycondensation | 113 |
Addition Polymerization | 124 |
Advances in the Understanding of Proteins | 139 |
Epilogue | 252 |
References | 254 |
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