Publisher's Synopsis
A Laboratory Manual of Polymers provides laboratory activities that will help students to understand the basic principles of polymer synthesis, structure and functions. It is intended to enable students to prepare a variety of common polymers, to investigate their properties, and explore their uses and applications.This book is intended to be used as a laboratory manual at the graduate and postgraduate levels in materials science as well as for a polymer chemistry course.The book, divided into four chapters covering:Different kinds of polymerization reactions and their kinetic aspects.Detailed spectral, thermal and morphological characterization of polymers.Identification of polymers with FT-IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR spectroscopies.Thermal characterization of polymers through DSC and TGA techniques.Structural characterization with XRD.Purification procedures of monomers and solvents.26 experiments and general analytical techniques to characterize common polymers.
