Author Description

This volume fulfills a need not currently met by any other single source. Internationally known authorities describe new measurement techniques for use in determining chemical and physical structure and provide both fundamental and applied information designed to improve understanding as related to mechanisms, molecular structure, physical properties, processing behavior, and stability of polymers. Applications of experimental techniques to solving practical problems is emphasized. The book covers all aspects of polymer analysis, including, instrumentation, selected critical reviews of the literature, status of chemical and physical methods for analysis of complex systems, state of the "art and science" of chemical and physical techniques, microscopy, melt and solution properties, surface characterization, and many other topics. Chemists and engineers throughout the industry will find this work an indispensable reference.