The science of polymer molecules : an introduction concerning the synthesis, structure and properties of the individual molecules that constitute polymeric materials

Preface 1. Polymerization: an overview 2. Molecular weight and molecular weight distribution 3. Molecular weight determination 4. Polymerization: kinetics and mechanism 5. Three-dimensional architecture: conformation and stereochemical configuration 6. The statistical behaviour of conformationally disordered chains 7. The interacting bond model for the average properties of coiling chains 8. Rubber elasticity 9. Solutions References Index.