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Properties of Polymers
Correlation with Chemical Structure, Numerical Estimation, and Prediction
- 5th Edition - July 1, 2027
- Authors: Pellegrino Musto, Giuseppe Mensitieri, Klaas te Nijenhuis, D.W. van Krevelen
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 2 9 3 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 2 9 4 - 7
Properties of Polymers, originally written by D. W. van Krevelen (1914-2001), has been an authoritative, widely cited book for decades that has been used all over the world since… Read more
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Request a sales quoteProperties of Polymers, originally written by D. W. van Krevelen (1914-2001), has been an authoritative, widely cited book for decades that has been used all over the world since its first edition way back in 1972. Its primary objective has always been to correlate properties with chemical structure and to describe methods that permit the estimation and prediction of numerical properties from chemical structure including the solid, liquid, and dissolved states of polymers. This fifth edition constitutes a major update in view of the major advancements in the Polymer Science domain since the previous edition published in 2009. It maintains the core objectives and the spirit of the previous editions, grounded in the concept of additive group contributions and a strong pedagogical approach to a reference work. Newly written chapters directly address the critical, forward-looking issue of sustainability considerations for polymers, whilst there is reference throughout the book to important new topic areas including bioplastics, composites, and hybrids. In addition, a significant focus of this new edition is the description and presentation of contemporary approaches for the prediction of polymer properties and emerging polymer structures. New chapters have been introduced dealing with the latest developments in the field of computational chemistry modelling with reference to the topics covered in each part. These approaches, based on machine learning, can be used for the generation, modelling, and update of polymer libraries to support functional materials discovery. Unavailable at the time when the book was first conceived and during later editions, they nonetheless fit perfectly within the spirit of the book and – in a sense – were anticipated by the outstanding vision of D. W. van Krevelen. Properties of Polymers, Fifth Edition is written for a range of scientists active in the polymer science field: primarily chemical engineers, polymer technologists and polymer reaction engineers; material scientists and material science engineers in the laboratory, in engineering departments at universities and in development teams, as well as advanced undergraduate, graduate and PhD students seeking to gain a comprehensive understanding of polymer chemical structure.
• Remains the authoritative source for comprehensive understanding and prediction of the chemical structure of polymers in solid, liquid, and dissolved states
• Includes coverage of critical areas such as electrical and magnetic properties, rheological properties of polymer melts, and environmental behaviour and failure, as well as important new topics in the form of bioplastics, composites, hybrids, and emerging polymer structures
• New chapters focus on critical implementation of machine learning and other computational prediction techniques to polymeric materials
• New, forward-looking chapters also introduce increased emphasis on crucial sustainability considerations
• Supported by digitised online data source replacing the extensive data tables of previous editions
• Includes coverage of critical areas such as electrical and magnetic properties, rheological properties of polymer melts, and environmental behaviour and failure, as well as important new topics in the form of bioplastics, composites, hybrids, and emerging polymer structures
• New chapters focus on critical implementation of machine learning and other computational prediction techniques to polymeric materials
• New, forward-looking chapters also introduce increased emphasis on crucial sustainability considerations
• Supported by digitised online data source replacing the extensive data tables of previous editions
Chemical engineers, polymer technologists and polymer reaction engineers; material scientists and material science engineers in the laboratory, in engineering departments and in development teams; undergraduate, graduate and PhD students; scientists active in the polymer field
Preface to the First Edition (1972) Preface to the Second Edition (1976) Preface to the Third Edition (1990) Preface to the Fourth Edition (2008) Preface to the Fifth Edition Acknowledgements Part I: General introduction: A bird's-eye view of polymer science and engineering Chapter 1 - Polymer Properties Chapter 2 - Typology of Polymers Chapter 3 - Typology of Properties Chapter 4 – Sustainability issues Chapter 5 – Modern approaches for the prediction of polymer properties Part II: Thermophysical Properties of Polymers Chapter 6 - Volumetric Properties Chapter 7 - Calorimetric Properties Chapter 8 - Transition Temperatures Chapter 9 - Cohesive Properties and Solubility Chapter 10 - Interfacial Energy Properties Chapter 11 - Limiting Viscosity Number (Intrinsic Viscosity) and Related Properties of Very Dilute Solutions Chapter 12 – Recent prediction strategies of polymer thermophysical properties Part III: Properties of Polymers in Fields of Force Chapter 13 - Optical Properties Chapter 14 - Electrical Properties Chapter 15 - Magnetic Properties Chapter 16 - Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers Chapter 17 - Acoustic Properties Chapter 18 – Recent prediction strategies of polymer properties in a field of force Part IV: Transport Properties of Polymers Chapter 19 - Rheological Properties of Polymer Melts and Solutions Chapter 20 - Transport of Thermal Energy Chapter 21 - Properties Determining Mass Transfer in Polymeric Systems Chapter 22 - Crystallisation and Recrystallisation Chapter 23 - Recent prediction strategies of transport properties Part V: Properties Determining the Chemical Stability and Breakdown of Polymers Chapter 24 - Thermochemical Properties Chapter 25 - Thermal Decomposition Chapter 26 - Chemical Degradation Chapter 27 – Recent prediction strategies of chemical stability and breakdown properties Part VI: Polymer Properties as an Integral Concept Chapter 28 - Intrinsic Properties in Retrospect Chapter 29 - Processing Properties Chapter 30 - Product Properties (I): Mechanical Behaviour and Failure Chapter 31 - Product Properties (II): Environmental Behaviour and Failure Chapter 32 – Polymer sustainability by design Chapter 33 - An Illustrative Example of End Use Properties: Article Properties of Textile Products Select Comprehensive Tables Indexation Symbol Index Author Index Subject Index Companion Website Material
- No. of pages: 1032
- Language: English
- Edition: 5
- Published: July 1, 2027
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443302930
- eBook ISBN: 9780443302947
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Pellegrino Musto
Pellegrino Musto is Director of Research at the National Research Council of Italy, IPCB, Italy. He has more than forty years of professional experience in the realm of Polymer Science and Technology And has 180+ published papers. He is also Head of the Molecular Spectroscopy Lab at IPCB. He holds a National Scientific Qualification (Habilitation) as Professor in Industrial Chemistry since December 2013 and in Science and Technology of Materials since December 2014.
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Giuseppe Mensitieri
Giuseppe Mensitieri is Full Professor and Director of the Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II°, Italy. He has more than 35 years of professional experience in Polymer Science and Technology with 160+ published papers. His research interests concern the general field of thermodynamics and structure-properties relationships of polymeric materials and their composites. The main focus of the scientific activity is on the theoretical and experimental aspects of sorption thermodynamics and mass transport of low molecular weight compounds in polymers, composites and organic/inorganic hybrids, on the interactional issues related to polymer mixtures and on the environmental resistance of polymer based materials. He is author of 140 publications on peer reviewed international journals, of 14 book chapters and of 6 International patents.
Affiliations and expertise
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale - DICMaPI, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, ItalyKt
Klaas te Nijenhuis
Klaas te Nijenhuis is a retired Dutch physical chemist and researcher. His achievements include research into the viscoelasticity of thermoreversible polymer networks. He was a Researcher at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands from 1966 to 1979, then Lecturer from 1979 to 1986 and finally Associate Professor from 1986 until his retirement in 2003. He played a critical role in updating the book for its fourth edition and has kindly offered support and feedback to the new authors for this new fifth edition.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor-Emeritus, Delft University of Technology, The NetherlandsDv
D.W. van Krevelen
Dirk Willem van Krevelen (8 November 1914, Rotterdam – 27 October 2001, Arnhem) was a prominent Dutch chemical engineer, coal and polymer scientist. He successfully combined an industrial career, managing a research division at DSM, and an academic one, as a professor of Delft Technical College. His contributions spanned a wide range of research fields, and his name is linked to the van Krevelen–Hoftyzer diagram for chemical gas absorption, the Mars–van Krevelen mechanism for catalytic oxidation reactions, the van Krevelen–Chermin method to estimate the free energy of organic compounds, the van Krevelen diagram that is used in coal and coal processes, the van Krevelen method to calculate additive properties of polymers, and the van Krevelen–Hoftyzer relationship on the viscosity of polymer fluids. He authored numerous scientific publications and several classic monographs, amongst which are Coal: Typology, Chemistry, Physics, Constitution and Properties of Polymers: Correlations with Chemical Structure. His name is retained in the author listing for the planned fifth edition for this book out of tribute to his vast contribution with the blessing of his son Laurens van Krevelen.
Affiliations and expertise
Former Professor-Emeritus, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands and Former President of AKZO Research and Engineering N.V., Arnhem, The Netherlands