Principles of Polymer Chemistry

A. Ravve received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Utah in 1950, and was Post Doctoral Fellow at both the University of Michigan (1950-1951) and Iowa State University (1951-1952). He worked for 28 years with Continental Group, Incorporated, mainly as a Research Manager, and subsequently as Senior Consultant in syntheses and utilization of polymeric materials. He also taught evening courses in polymer chemistry at several institutions of higher learning in the Chicago area, from 1960-1991. Currently he does consulting in polymer chemistry.

Preface. 1. Introduction and Physical Properties of Polymers. 2. Free-Radical Chain-Growth Polymerization. 3. Ionic Chain-Growth Polymerization. 4. Ring-Opening Polymerizations. 5. Common Chain-Growth Polymers. 6. Step-Growth Polymerization and Step-Growth Polymers. 7. Naturally Occurring Polymers. 8. Reactions of Polymers. 9. Degradation of Polymers. Appendix. Index.