Polymer Data Handbook(1), chem
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POLYMER DATA
HANDBOOK
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EDITED BY
, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
PUBLISHED BY
The online version of the
Polymer Data Handbook
includes key data on over two hundred polymers.
Please note that entries are presented as PDF files and can only be read using Adobe Acrobat Reader
Version 3. If you do not have the freeware reader, it can be downloaded from
or
. Each entry opens with a citation of the contributor's name
and notations of acronyms and trade names, class of polymer, structure, and major applications.
These are followed by tabular displays showing the properties of each polymer. The maximum
consistency possible has been established for properties presented with regard to format, terminology,
notations, and units. However, not all properties are applicable to all polymers contained in the
handbook; some properties may not even be relevant for certain polymer classes. Also, some
polymers exhibit properties shown by few others (e.g., electroluminescence); these properties have
been noted as "Properties of Special Interest." Each entry closes with a list of references for the
reader interested in further investigation of a polymer.
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directory of contributors(PDF format).
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 PREFACE TO THE PRINT EDITION
The
Polymer Data Handbook
offers, in a standardized and readily accessible tabular format, concise
information on the syntheses, structures, properties, and applications of the most important polymeric
materials. Those included are currently in industrial use or they are under study for potential new
applications in industry and in academic laboratories. Considerable thought was given to the criteria
for selecting the polymers included in this volume. The first criterion was current commercial
importance—the use of the polymer in commercial materials—for example, as a thermoplastic, a
thermoset, or an elastomer. The second criterion was novel applications—a polymer that is promising
for one or more purposes but not yet of commercial importance—for example, because of its
electrical conductivities, its nonlinear optical properties, or its suitability as a preceramic polymer.
The hope is that some readers will become interested enough in these newer materials to contribute to
their further development and characterization. Finally, the handbook includes some polymers simply
because they are unusually interesting—for example, those utilized in fundamental studies of the
effects of chain stiffness, self-assembly, or biochemical processes.
Based on these three criteria, more than two hundred polymers were chosen for inclusion in this
work. The properties presented for each polymer include some of great current interest, such as
surface and interfacial properties, pyrolyzability, electrical conductivity, nonlinear optical properties,
and electroluminescence. Not all the properties are available for all the polymers included, and some
properties may not even be relevant for certain polymer classes. Some polymers exhibit properties
shown by few others—such as electroluminescence—and those have been presented as "Properties of
Special Interest."
The handbook entries were written by authors carefully chosen for their recognized expertise in their
specific polymers. The authors were asked to be highly selective, to choose and document those
results that they considered to have the highest relevance and reliability. All the entries were then
reviewed carefully by one or more referees, to ensure the highest quality and significance. Care was
taken to achieve maximum consistency between entries, especially with regard to terminology,
notations, and units. The goal was to facilitate searches in the printed version of the handbook and
electronically on the online site.
Grateful acknowledgment is made here to the important contributions of the anonymous referees. It is
also my real pleasure to thank a number of people at Oxford University Press for their help:
specifically, Robert L. Rogers and Sean Pidgeon contributed greatly to the initiation and formulation
of the basic structure of the handbook, and Matthew Giarratano carried out its implementation. It is
appropriate here to thank my wife Helen for the kind of support, tangible and intangible, that makes
an intimidating project, like this one, doable and sometimes even a pleasant experience.
James E. Mark
University of Cincinnati
October 1998
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