Prediction of Polymer Properties (Plastics Engineering Series)

This reference describes a revolutionary breakthrough in the methodology of predicting polymer properties through quantitative structure-property relationships, and demonstrates how this methodology can be applied to a much wider variety of polymer types than was previously possible. Offering a hands-on approach from a broad perspective, the book: examines the key material properties of polymers; provides background information on each property; presents, in detail, the new methods and structure-property relationships; supplies tabulations of data used in developing the relationships; and shows how the general method may be extended to larger classes of materials.