Applications of Polymers

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Natural polymers, such as proteins, starch, cellulose, hevea rubber, and gum which have been available for centuries, have been applied as materials for food, leather, sizings, fibers, structures, waterproofing, and coatings. During the past century, the use of both natural and syn­ thetic polymers has been expanded to include more intricate applications, such as membranes, foams, medicinals, conductors, insulators, fibers, films, packaging and applications requiring high modulus at elevated temperatures. The topics in this symposium which are summarized in this book are illustrative of some of the myriad applications of these ubiquitous mater­ ials. As stated in forecast in the last chapter in this book, it is cer­ tain that revolutionary applications of polymers will occur during the next decades. Hopefully, information presented in other chapters in this book will catalyze some of these anticipated applications. It is appropriate that these reports were presented at an American Chemical Society Polymer Science and Engineering Division Award Symposium honoring Dr. O.A. Battista who has gratifying to note that Phillips Pet­ roleum Company, which has paved the way in applications of many new poly­ mers, is the sponsor of this important award. We are all cheerfully expressing our thanks to this corporate spon­ sor and to Distinguished Professor Raymond B. Seymour of the University of Southern Mississippi who served as the organizer of this symposium and editor of this important book. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Commercialization of New Colloidal Polymer Microcrystals....Pages 1-3 Fibers....Pages 5-14 High Modulus Polymers....Pages 15-15 Asymmetric Polysulfone Hollow Fiber Membranes for Gas Separations....Pages 17-27 Coatings....Pages 29-38 Applications of Polymers in Packaging....Pages 39-41 High Performance Polymers....Pages 43-46 PAS-2 High Performance Prepreg and Composites....Pages 47-51 Compatibility and Practical Properties of Polymer Blends....Pages 53-63 New Directions in Industrial Polysaccharides....Pages 65-68 Conductive Polymers....Pages 69-71 Reaction of Macroradicals....Pages 73-78 Free Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization of Spirotriene Monomers....Pages 79-91 Variety of Organometallic and Metal-Containing Polymers....Pages 93-112 Applications of Organometallic Polymers....Pages 113-124 Polymeric Foams....Pages 125-126 Use of an Effective Quality Management System for Business Improvement in the Plastics Industry....Pages 127-142 Applied Polymer Science — A Forecast....Pages 143-152 Back Matter....Pages 153-156