Polymers

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The latest edition of Polymers: A Property Database is an improved version of an indispensable polymer reference work. The database is a comprehensive and in-depth collection of properties for a very wide range of polymers, both synthetic and natural and where polymers exist with subtle variations in structure, these are also covered in some detail. Processing grades are also described along with typical applications for each major polymer. Each polymer has a general properties section where very useful information such as chemical structure, synonyms, CAS registration numbers and monomers used in the polymerisation is given. The mechanical properties are particularly well presented and all source material is meticulously referenced. The database is well indexed (even more comprehensively in the online version) and extremely easy to use making this a very desirable addition to any researcher's library. Polymers are indexed by common name allowing ease of access even to those with only a basic knowledge of polymers, industrial/commercial names are also used where these exist. This is particularly useful for those working in industry or in multidisciplinary fields where polymers are used. Those of us who work with polymers and polymeric materials rely heavily on data regarding solution and bulk properties, and manufacturing procedures. These parameters usually can be found spread over different handbooks, encyclopedias, and the Internet. However, Polymers: A Property Database is one-stop shopping, whereby this information is now available from a single source. Entries range from a few lines for research polymers to encyclopedic submissions for more common polymers. (An online version of the Database for simplified data retrieval and entry updates is now available from Taylor and Francis, Publishers.) To produce this comprehensive Database, which conveniently can be used as a desk reference book, a double-column format was used with small, but easy to read font with spaced-out tables. Since main-chain or common polymer names are used as headers, arranged alphabetically in dictionary style, the Database is practical to use. (IUPAC approved nomenclature is given under a separate heading). To quickly locate a polymer, a comprehensive polymer name index is available. The Database contains a listing of polymer properties that are, for the most part, associated with polymer manufacturing, processing, and applications. As such, the Database contains other useful information in addition to polymer properties, not found in other source books; an example of this is given for nylon 6,6, a well-studied commercial polymer

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