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Course Outline

  • Ch 1: Introduction to Polymer Science
  • Ch 2: Chain Structure and Configuration
  • Ch 3: Molecular Weights and Sizes
  • Ch 4: Concentrated Solutions and Phase Separation Behavior
  • Ch 5: The Amorphous State
  • Ch 6: The Crystalline State
  • Ch 7: Polymers in the Liquid Crystalline State
  • Ch 8: Glass-Rubber Transition Behavior
  • Ch 9: Cross-linked Polymers and Rubber Elasticity
  • Ch 10: Polymer Viscoelasticity and Rheology
  • Ch 11: Mechanical Behavior of Polymers