Thermosetting Polymers

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This reference comprehensively details the analysis, synthesis, and chemistry of thermosetting polymers, blends, and networks and describes practical methods, processes, and formulations of specialized thermosetting polymer materials for industrial applications.Contains diagrams showcasing the structural transformations that may occur during a cure cycle!Thermosetting Polymers offersa survey of polymer chemistrycriteria for adequate selection of cure conditionsprocedures and equations to calculate the statistical parameters of a networknumerous examples and descriptions of compounds containing thermosets, including coatings, adhesives, molding materials, composites, and micronetworksthe latest rheological and dielectric techniquesand discussespreparing rubber-modified thermosets and thermoset-thermoplastic blends and structured networksestimating temperature and conversion profiles during the cure cyclephysical and chemical consequences of water absorptionthe effect of crosslinks on the physical, elastic, and viscoelastic properties of thermosetting polymersthermal and humid agingyielding and fracture of neat and modified thermosetting polymersCompiling research spanning two decades, Thermosetting Polymers is an in-depth volume suitable for polymer and materials scientists; plastics, chemical, and polymer engineers; experimental, physical, and polymer chemists; polymer, materials, chemical, and experimental physicists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.