《PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURE OF POLYMERS》

ⅠElasticity and Viscosity1

1.Compression of Isotropic Substances1

2.Statistical Thermodynamics of Compression4

3.Equation of State for Molecular Crystals10

4.Elastic Behaviof of Isotropic Bodies at Small Strains13

5.Elastic Constants and Lattice Vibrations16

6.Thermodynamic Treatment of Simple Tension20

7.The Elasticity of Ideal Rubber Networks23

8.The Viscosity of Liquids27

9.Viscoelasticity:the Maxwell Model31

ⅡAspects of Polymer Physics37

1.The Conformations of a Linear Polymer Chain37

2.Amorphous and Crystalline Polymers43

3.Thermodynamics of Crystallization53

4.Kinetics of Crystallization57

5.The Glass Transition Temperature Tg61

6.Five Regions of Viscoelastic Behavior71

7.Modulus-Temperature Curves78

8.The Flow Viscosity of Linear Amorphous Polymers83

9.The Kinetic Theory of Rubber Elasticity88

ⅢMathematical Treatment of Linear Viscoelasticity98

1.Viscoelastic Measurements98

2.Linear Viscoelasticity and the Boltzmann Principle103

3.The Maxwell-Wiechert Models107

4.The Generalized Voigt Model112

5.Dynamic Modulus and the Generalized Maxwell Model115

6.Distribution of Relaxation Times from Stress-Relaxation Data117

7.Transformation of Er(t)to Other Viscoelastic Functions120

8.Some Empirical Distributions of Relaxation Times123

9.Viscoelastic Properties of a Maxwell Body133

ⅣViscoelastic Behavior of Polymers136

1.Stress Relaxation of Amorphous Polymers137

2.Time-Temperature Superposition Principle and Master Curves144

3.Verification of the Time-Temperature Superposition Prin-ciple152

4.Characteristic Parameters for Amorphous Polymers160

5.Molecular Theory for Viscoelasticity166

6.Stress Relaxation in the Glassy State171

7.The Transition Region and Modulus-Temperature Curves174

8.The Transition Region and the Error Function177

9.The Rubbery-Flow and Liquid-Flow Region:Discrete Relax-ation Times180

10.Heat Generation in Rubbers194

11.Stress Relaxation in Crystalline Polymers198

12.Stress Relaxation in Interchanging Networks206

13.Viscoelasticity of Interchanging Networks211

14.Creep under Constant Load for Interchanging Networks214

15.Birefringence Studies217

ⅤChemical Stress Relaxation223

1.Chemical Stress Relaxation in Hydrocarbon Rubber Net-works223

2.Scission and Cross Linking228

3.Cleavage Rates from Stress Relaxation233

4.Cross-Link Cleavage versus Chain Cleavage235

5.Chemical Permanent Set242

6.Chemical Creep under Constant Load247

7.Mechanism of Oxidative Scission in Natural Rubber250

8.Polysulfide Rubbers255

9.Silicone Rubbers260

10.Polyurethane Rubbers262

ⅥPolymerization Equilibria266

1.Equilibrium Polymerization266

2.Copolymerization Equilibrium280

Appendix A.The Partition Function283

Appendix B.Configurational Entropy of a Gas285

Appendix C.Equation of State for Molecular Crystals287

Appendix D.The Expected Square of the Length of a Hydrocarbon-Type Chain291

Appendix E.Gaussian Distribution of End-to-End Dis-tance for a Random Chain297

Appendix F.Size Distribution in Linear Polymers299

Appendix G.Affine Transformation of a Sphere304

Appendix H.Equation of State of Polymer Chains and Networks Incorporating Energy and En-tropy Effects306

Appendix J.Maximum Relaxatiom Times314

Appendix K.Ti and Tg Values for Selected Polymers320

Author Index323

Subject Index327