Chemical physics of polymer degradation and stabilization

Author(s)

• Emanuel, N. M.
• Buchachenko, A. L. (Anatoliĭ Leonidovich)

Bibliographic Information

Chemical physics of polymer degradation and stabilization

N.M. Emanuel and A.L. Buchachenko ; translated from Russian by E.N. Ilyina

（New concepts in polymer science / series editor, C.R.H.I. de Jonge）

VNU Science Press ; c1987

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface CHAPTER 1. MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION AND MORPHOLOGY OF POLYMERS Morphology of amorphous polymers Morphology and growth of polymeric crystals Supermolecular organization of crystalline polymers Morphological features of physico-chemical processes in polymers References CHAPTER 2. ACTIVE CENTERS OF POLYMER MOLECULAR DEGRADATION Electron spin resonance in polymers ESR spectra, structure and conformation of macroradicals Molecular motions of macroradicals, paramagnetic probes and spin labels Radical pairs in polymers Low-molecular-weight radicals in polymers Molecular and ionic active centres in polymers References CHAPTER 3. CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY REACTIONS Polychronal kinetics of chemical processes Polychronal kinetics of microdiffusional mode Polychronality of kinetic regime References CHAPTER 4. MIGRATION OF ACTIVE SPECIES Kinetic regularities of macroradicals recombination Physical diffusion as a mechanism of valency migration Chemical relay transfer of valency Relay-diffusional mechanism of valency migration Valency migration involving low-molecular-weight compounds Quantitative parameters of migration kinetics Kinetic nonequivalency and reactivity spectrum References CHAPTER 5. THEORY OF RADICAL REACTIONS IN POLYMERS Chemical kinetics and molecular physics of polymers Physical mechanisms of the impact of molecular physics on the kinetics and reactivity of polymers Chemical kinetics, molecular physics and stabilization of polymeric materials Quantum effects in radical reactions References CHAPTER 6. THERMOOXIDATIVE DEGRADATION Structural and morphological features of polymer oxidation Initiation of oxidation processes in polymers Kinetics and mechanism of initiated oxidation of polymers Kinetics and mechanism of autooxidation Isotope effects in oxidation reactions Diffusional oxidation of polymers Polymer degradation by ozone Molecular weight, molecular weight distribution and thermooxidative degradation of polymers References CHAPTER 7. CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES OF STABILIZATION Distribution of low-molecular-weight compounds in polymers Rotational dynamics of low-molecular-weight compounds Translational dynamics Critical phenomena in polymer oxidation Critical phenomena in autocatalytic processes Inhibition of oxidative degradation of polymers Inhibited oxidation with nonuniform distribution of inhibitor Polymer stabilization Synergism: the principles and mechanisms References CHAPTER 8. CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF THE MECHANICAL DEGRADATION OF POLYMERS Structure and supermolecular organization of polymers subjected to mechanical stress Molecular defects and submicrocracks The kinetic theory of polymer strength Principles of suppressing mechanical degradation References CHAPTER 9. PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL STABILIZATION OF POLYMERS Thermooxidative stability of orientationally strained polymers The strength of orientationally strained polymers Regulation of supermolecular structure References CHAPTER 10. PHOTOINDUCED DEGRADATION AND PHOTOSTABILIZATION OF POLYMERS Photodegradation and photo-oxidation Principles of photostabilization and types of stabilizers Synergism Electronically excited microradicals References CHAPTER 11. POLYMERIC DIELECTRICS IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD Molecular degradation in electric fields Electric phenomena in polymer mechanics References CHAPTER 12. CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF POLYMER COMBUSTION References CHAPTER 13. OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION AND POLYMER STABILIZATION IN SOLUTION AND MELT Structure and dynamics of macromolecules in solution Kinetics of polymer oxidization in solution Degradation of macromolecules in melt References CHAPTER 14. PRINCIPLES AND WAYS OF PREDICTING THE SERVICE LIFE OF POLYMERICS MATERIALS Empirical predicting Semiempirical predicting Combined approach to prediction References Subject index

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Details

• NCID: BA0377614X
• ISBN:
  • 9067640921
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Utrecht
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 339 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03776707