Professor David Walton, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry
CV1 5FB and J Phillip Lorimer, same work address.
Lorimer, J. Phillip :
Summary
Here is the definitive introduction to polymer chemistry. This lively book takes the reader through the historical
beginnings of polymers, the development of high-tonnage materials in the early part of the twentieth century, and
on to the most modern high-performance materials available today. The authors are both experience educators and
practitioners within the polymer industry and are uniquely qualified to discuss basic academic principles of polymers
as well as their commercial application. Unlike other texts in this area, it successfully describes the exciting
principles and varied applications that contribute to the use of plastics in every aspect of modern life.
Table of Contents
Polymers
Polymer properties and characterisation
Chain polymerisation
Step-growth polymers
Three-dimensional networks
Functional polymers
Conclusions and further reading
