Polymers belong to an essential material group with many applications not only for polymer manufacturers but also in physics, chemistry, medicine and engineering techniques. This volume gives an introduction to the thermal properties and PVT-data of polymer solids and polymer melts.

InhaltsangabeIntroduction to pVT Data.- Macroscopic pVT Behavior of Polymers.- Density, Specific Volume, and Methods for their Determination .- Density and Specific Volume.- Dilatometry.- Linear Dilatometry.- Volume Dilatometry.- Selection of Data and Data Presentation.- pVT Data of Polymers.- Biopolymers.- Cellulose Derivatives.- Other Biopolymers.- Copolymers.- Butadiene Copolymers.- Ethylen-copolymers.- Graft Polymers.- Styrene Copolymers.- Fluoropolymers.- Vinylic Fluoropolymers.- Fluorine Containing Polyesters.- Polyacrylics.- Poly(acrylonitrile).- 2 Poly(alkyl methacrylate)s.- Poly(methyl acrylate).- Polyamides.- Poly(amide) 6 .- Poly(amide) 6.6.- Poly(amide) 12.- Polycarbonates.- Bisphenol-A polycarbonates.- Other Polycarbonates.- Polyesters.- Aliphatic Polyesters.- Aromatic Polyesters.- Polyethers.- Aliphatic Polyethers.- Aromatic Polyether.- Polyimides.- Poly(ether imide)s.- Polyolefines.- Poly(butadiene)s.- Poly(ethylene)s.- Poly(isobutylene)s.- Poly(isoprene).- Poly(propylene)s.- Silicon Containing Polymers.- Polysiloxanes.- Poly(silylene-methylene)s.- Silsesquioxane.- Polysulfones.- Poly(ethersulfone)s.- Polyurethanes.- Diol Based Polyurethane.- Polyesther Based Polyurethane.- Polyether Based Polyurethanes.- Thermoplastic Polyurethanes.- Vinyl Polymers.- Polystyrenics.- Poly(vinyl alcohol).- Poly(vinyl chloride)s.- Other Vinylpolymers.- Polymer Blends.- Fluoropolymer / Polyamide Blends.- Fluoropolymer / Poly(alkyl methacrylate) Blends.- Polyamide / Polyolefine Blend.- Polyacrylics / Polyether Blend.- Polycarbonate / Polystyrenics Blend.- Polyether / Poly(alkyl methacrylate) Blend.- Polyether / Polystyrenics Blends.- Polyolefine / Polyolefine Blend.- Polymer Composites.- Carbon  Nanotube Containing Composites.- Clay Containing Composites.- Glass Fibre Containing Composites.- Layered Double Hydroxide Containing Composites.- Silica Containing Composites.- Silsesquioxane Containing Composites.- Introduction to Thermal Properties.- Temperature and Heat.- Heat Capacity.- Heat of Transitions.- Thermodynamic Functions.- Phase of Polymers.- Glass Transition.- Melting Transition.- Other Transitions and Thermal Processes.- Instrumentation and Measurements.- Calorimetric Techniques.- Adiabatic Calorimetry.- Differential Scanning Calorimetry.- Temperature-Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry (TMDSC).- Fast Scanning Calorimetry (FSC).- Thermogravimetry.- Equilibrium Thermal Properties.- Equilibrium Heat Capacity for Solid-State Polymers.- Equilibrium Heat Capacity for Melt-State Polymers.- Equilibrium Melting Temperature and Heat of Fusion for Fully Crystalline Polymers.- ATHAS Data Bank.- Summary Table of Equilibrium Thermal Properties of Linear Polymers.- Table of Equilibrium Thermal Properties of Selected Linear Polymers.- Poly(alkene)s.- Aliphatic Poly(oxide)s.- Aliphatic Poly(amide)s.- Aliphatic Poly(ester)s.- Phenylene Containing Polymers.- Poly(amino acid)s and Proteins.- Nonequilibrium Thermal Properties.- Heat Capacity, Glass and Melting Transitions of Semicrystalline Polymers.- Quantitative Thermal Analysis of Semicrystalline Polymers Based on the ATHAS Data Bank.- Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT).- Poly(lactic acid) (PLA).