Engineering Bookshelf

Compositional and Failure Analysis of Polymers: A Practical Approach
by John Scheirs

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471625728

Intended as a practical guide for polymer technologists, engineers and analysts in the plastics, composites and rubber fields, this title describes a range of techniques and strategies for compositional and failure analysis of polymeric materials and products. Numerous examples illustrate the application of analytical methods for solving commonly encountered problems in the polymer industry.

The reader is guided towards the most appropriate method of analysis and measurement and the most likely reasons for the failure.

Condensed Encyclopedia of Polymer Engineering Terms
by Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0750672102

The main feature of the book is the range of topics from both theory and practice, which means that physical properties and applications of the materials concerned are described in terms of the theory, chemistry and manufacturing constraints which apply to them.

It will therefore enable scientists to understand the commercial implications of their work as well as providing polymer technologists, engineers and designers with a theoretical background.

Introduction to Physical Polymer Science
by L. H. Sperling

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
ISBN: 047170606X

Updated and revised, it focuses on the role of molecular conformation and configuration in determining the physical behavior of polymers.

New features include the amorphous and crystalline states of polymers; macromolecular hypothesis and historical development of photophysics and fluorescence; thermodynamics of blending polymers and polymer/polymer phase diagrams; a discussion of rheology plus gelatinous materials; and a variety of contemporary topics emphasizing surface, interfacial and electrical behavior of polymers, nonlinear optics and high temperature substances. Each chapter includes several classroom demonstrations and problem sets.

Polymer Science and Technology
by Robert Oboigbaotor Ebewele

Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0849389399

Textbook for an introductory polymer course, that Ebewele (Engineering, U. of Benin, Nigeria) hopes can replace the several texts usually required to cover all the desired topics. Unlike other textbooks, he includes worked examples and review problems.

He begins with polymer fundamentals including historical development, definitions and concepts, and classification. Then he describes how polymers are prepared from monomers and transformed into products, and the solution and mechanical properties and applications. His focus is on the ultimate property of the finished polymer product.

Principles of Polymerization
by George Odian

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
ISBN: 0471274003

Extensively updated, Principles of Polymerization, Fourth Edition provides an excellent textbook for today's students of polymer chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science, as well as a current reference for the researcher or other practitioner working in these areas.

The number of concepts covered in this book is amazing. You learn something new with each reading. The book is also great for pointing you to the leading references in the field; although it is lacking decent coverage of living polymerization. Odian's book is not easy to read. For a chemistry book it includes relatively few chemical structures or mechanisms...

The Elements of Polymer Science & Engineering
by Alfred Rudin, Afred Rudin

Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0123821789

Tremendous developments in the field of polymer science, its growing importance, and an increase in the number of polymer science courses in both physics and chemistry departments have led to the revision of the First Edition. This new edition addresses subjects as spectroscopy (NMR), dynamic light scattering, and other modern techniques unknown before the publication of the First Edition.

The Second Edition focuses on both theory (physics and chemistry) and engineering applications which make it useful for chemistry, physics, and chemical engineering departments.