title: Polymer Chemistry: Introduction to an Indispensable Science
author:  David M. Teegarden 
description: Heres an interesting statistic: More than half of all chemists work on some aspect of polymers. For high school teachers who want to introduce polymer science basics, properties, and uses, this book is uniquely helpfulmuch deeper than simple monographs or collections of experiments, but much more accessible than college texts.<br><br>Divided into four sections, Polymer Chemistry starts with a broad overview of synthetic and natural polymers and then covers polymers synthesis and preparation; common methods for processing them into useful objects; and demonstrations and experiments dealing with polymer synthesis, solutions and gels, and solid-state properties. In addition to the science, this book includes an engaging history of polymers and issues on their disposal. <br><br>For environmental science teachers, the comprehensive chapter on recycling, degradation, and disposal of polymers is invaluable. And all teachers will benefit from the introduction. Written by a fellow science teacher, it provides creative chapter-by-chapter techniques for using the book in AP chemistry, and even basic high school chemistry. As the title says, polymer chemistry is an indispensable scienceand Polymer Chemistry is an indispensable resource on the topic.
zlib_text: Polymer Synthesis: Theory and Practice
  
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  Dietrich Braun • Harald Cherdron
  Matthias Rehahn • Helmut Ritter
  Brigitte Voit
  Polymer Synthesis: Theory
  and Practice
  Fundamentals, Methods, Experiments
  Fifth Edition
  
  Dietrich Braun
  Technische Universit€at Darmstadt
  Darmstadt
  Germany
  Matthias Rehahn
  Technische Universit€at
  Darmstadt
  Ernst-Berl-Institut f€ur
  Technische und
  Makromolekulare Chemie
  FG der Polymeren
  Darmstadt
  Germany
  Harald Cherdron
  Wiesbaden
  Germany
  Helmut Ritter
  Heinrich-Heine-Universit€at
  D€usseldorf
  Institut f€ur Organische Chemie
  und Makromolekulare Chemie
  D€usseldorf
  Germany
  Brigitte Voit
  Leibniz-Institut fu¨r
  Polymerforschung Dresden e.V.
  Dresden
  Germany
  ISBN 978-3-642-28979-8
  ISBN 978-3-642-28980-4 (eBook)
  DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-28980-4
  Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
  Library of Congress Control Number: 2012949897
  # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001, 2005, 2012, 2013
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