TY - BOOK AU - Painter,Paul C. AU - Coleman,Michael M. TI - Essentials of polymer science and engineering SN - 9781932078756 U1 - 620.192 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Lancaster PB - DEStech Publications, Inc. KW - polymers KW - BUEsh KW - Polymerization KW - ENGCHE KW - November2016 N1 - Index : p. 517-525; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- Microstructure and molecular weight -- Polymer synthesis -- Polymerization kinetics -- Polymerization : probability and statistics -- Copolymerization -- Spectroscopy and the characterization of chain microstructure -- Structure and morphology -- Natural polymers -- Crystallization, melting and the glass transition -- Polymer solutions and blends -- Molecular weight and branching -- Mechanical and rheological properties -- Processing ER -