A Laboratory Manual of Polymers: Volume I

A Laboratory Manual of Polymers provides laboratory activities that will help students to understand the basic principles of polymer synthesis, structure and functions. It is intended to enable students to prepare a variety of common polymers, to investigate their properties, and explore their uses and applications. This book is intended to be used as a laboratory manual at the graduate and postgraduate levels in materials science as well as for a polymer chemistry course. The book, divided into four chapters covering: Different kinds of polymerization reactions and their kinetic aspects. Detailed spectral, thermal and morphological characterization of polymers. Identification of polymers with FT-IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR spectroscopies. Thermal characterization of polymers through DSC and TGA techniques. Structural characterization with XRD. Purification procedures of monomers and solvents. 26 experiments and general analytical techniques to characterize common polymers.