Fundamental Principles of Polymeric Materials

by Stephen L. Rosen

Book Overview

Revised due to new developments in the polymer area. This book contains a broad, unified introduction to the subject matter that will be of immediate practical value plus a foundation for more advanced study. New features include a discussion of liquid-crystal polymers, the Flory-Huggins theory, group-transfer polymerization, a quantitative treatment of Ziegler-Natta polymerization with three new worked-out examples and much more. Also, end-of-chapter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471575259
• ISBN13: 9780471575252
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great Book for Starting Out

This is an excellent book for the novice--concepts are introduced at a leisurely pace and considerable time is taken to develop them. The tone is slightly casual, and the book as a whole is entirely unintimidating and accessible. Advanced concepts are absent (hence the "funadmental" in the title) so if you're looking to advance your knowledge to the next level, you'd be better off looking elsewhere. This is, however, one of the only textbooks I've owned that I've been able to read large portions of in a single sitting; I don't want to say it's like reading a novel, but it is as close as you're going to get with a textbook on rheology.