Principles of Polymer Chemistry A Ravve

A

ABA block copolymers

AB block copolymers

ABS resins

Acetal polymers

Acetylene polymerization

Acrolein polymerization

Acrylamide polymerization

Acrylic elastomers

Acrylic polymers

Acrylic polymers as support materials

Acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile polymers

Activation energy for viscous flow

Activators in lactam polymerization

Addition

of carbenes

mode of

polymer, definition of

reactions of polymers

Adenine

Adjacent-reentry model

Agar

Alcoholysis process in preparation of alkyds

Alfin catalysts, initiation by

Alginic acid

Alkyd resins

Allylic polymerization

Allylic resins

Alpha helix

Alternating copolymer, definition of

α-Amino acids

Amino polymers

Ammonia catalyzed phenolic resins

Amorphous and crystalline arrangements in thermoplastic polymers

Amorphous state

Amylose and Amylopectin

Anionic chain growth polymerization of olefins

Anionic initiations of chain-growth polymerization

Anionic polymerization

of aldehydes

of lactams

of lactones

of olefins

of oxiranes

Antenna effect in polymers

Araban

See See Hemicelluloses

Arbuzov reaction

Aromatic polyamide-imides

Aromatic polyamides

Aromatic polyester-imides

A-stage phenolic resin

Asymmetry of structural recovery

Atactic conformation

Atom transfer radical polymerization

Autoacceleration

Average degree of polymerization

Aziridine polymerization

Azonitrile initiators

decomposition rates

B

Backbiting

Backbone polymer

Balata

Bechmann rearrangement

Benzoyl peroxide

Bernoulli model in stereochemistry

Bimetallic mechanism

Bimolecular initiating systems

Bingham-Newtonian Liquid

Block copolymers

copolyamides

copolyesters

definition of

preparation

by homogeneous ionic polymerization

of poly(α-olefins)

by simultaneous use of free radical and ionic chain growth polymerization

by special reactions

Boron and metal alkyl initiators of free-radical polymerizations

Branched polymer, definition of

Bromination of rubber

B-stage phenolic resin

Bulk polymerization

Buna rubber

See See GR-S

Butyl rubber

C

Cage effect

Canal complexes

Caoutchouc

See See Naturally occurring polyisoprenes

Capillary viscometer

Capture of the free-radical by the monomer

Carbonyl compounds, polymerization of

Carboxymethyl cellulose

Cardo polymers

Carothers equation

Carrageenan

Casein

Catalyst site control

Cation generator

Cationic chain-growth polymerization

Cationic initiators

Cationic isomerization polymerization

Cationic polymerization

of aldehydes

of lactams

of lactones

of olefins

of oxiranes

Ceiling temperature

Celcon

Celluloid

Cellulose

acetate

acetate-butyrate

esters

ethers

nitrate

Chain-growth polymerization

Chain-growth polymers, definition of

Chain transfer agents

Chain transfer constant

Chardonnet silk

Charge transfer complexes

in free-radical polymerization

in ionic initiation

Charge transfer process

Chemical modification of proteins

Chemistry of ionic chain polymerization

Chemistry of ring-opening polymerizations

Chicle

Chlorination

of poly(vinyl chloride)

of poly(vinyl fluoride)

of poly(vinylidine chloride)

of polyethylene

of polypropylene

of polystyrene (

See see Halogenation reactions of polystyrene)

of rubber

Chloromethylation of polymers with aromatic rings

Chloroprene rubber, poly(2-chloro-1,3-butadiene)

Chlorosulfonation of polyethylene

cis-trans isomerization

Clathrate polymerization

See See Canal complexes

Cleavage of peroxides

Cobalt mediated polymerization

Coinitiator

Collagen

Colligative properties

Collodion

Colman-Fox model

Combinations

of ATP and RAFT

of click chemistry and ATP

Comb-shaped polymer

Commercial linear saturated polyesters

Commercial polyisocyanates

Commercial preparations of phenolic resins

Complex coordination catalysts

Condensation polymer, definition of

Conductive polymers

Cone and plate rheometer

Configurational statistics in chain-growth propagation mechanism

Conformation

See See Steric arrangement in macromolecules

Conjugated proteins

Constitutional repeat unit

Contact ion pair

See See Intimate ion pair

Controlled /“Living” polymerization

Coordination polymerization

of lactones

of olefins

of oxiranes

Copolyamides

Copolyesters

Copolymerization

of cyclic monomers

equation

by free-radical mechanism

by ionic mechanism

by step-growth mechanism

Copolymers

of dienes

of ethylene and propylene

of ethylene with α-olefins and with carbon monoxide

of ethylene with vinyl acetate

of fluoroolefins

of propylene with dienes

of styrene

of vinyl chloride

Counter ion

Crosslinking of polymers

with electron beams

with peroxides

Crosslinking reactions

of epoxy resins

of polymers

of rubbers

Cryoscopy

Crystalline melting point (Tm)

Crystalline state

Crystallinity in polymers

Crystallites

Crystallization

from melt

from solution

C-stage phenolic resin

Cuprammonium rayon

Cyanoguanidine

Cyclization reactions and intramolecular rearrangements of polymers

Cycloaliphatic epoxides

Cyclopolymerization of conjugated dienes

Cytosine

D

Dacron

Degenerative chain transferring

Degradation by ionizing radiation

Degradation of polymeric materials by photo-oxidation

Degree of polymerization (DP)

in anionic polymerization

in cationic polymerization

in free-radical polymerization

Delrin

Denaturation of proteins

Dendrimers, rotaxanes, and hyperbranched polymers

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

Depolymerization

Derivatives of cellulose

Diallyl phthalate

See See Allylic polymerization

Diazotization of poly(amino styrene)

Dicyanodiamide

Diels-Alder polymers

Diels-Alder reactions of

Diene polymerization

Diffusion controlled reactions

Diffusion controlled termination

Diisotactic polymer

Dilatent flow

Dimer acids

Dipolar additions to unsaturated polymers

Direct condensation polymers

Dispersion polymerization

Disproportionation

Di syndiotactic polymer

DNA

See See Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

Donor-acceptor complexes in copolymerization

Double stranded polymers

DP

See See Degree of polymerization (DP)

Drawn fibrilar morphology

Dyad

Dynamic equilibrium method in osmometry

E

Ebullioscopy

Effect of catalysts on the reaction of isocyanates

Effect of environment on polymers

Effect of Lewis bases on coordination polymerization

Effect of molecular size on reactions of polymers

Effect of reaction medium on free-radical

Effects of chain conformation on reactions of polymers

Effects of changes in solubility on reactions of polymers

Effects of chemical structure on physical properties of organic polymers

Effects of crystallinity on reactions of polymers

Effects of dipole interactions

Elasticity

Elastomer

Electricity conducting polymers

Electroinitiation

of anionic chain-growth polymerization

of cationic chain-growth polymerization

Electrolytic polymerization, definition of

Electron transfer process

Electrophilic additions of aldehydes to rubber

Emeraldine salt

Emulsion polymerization

Enantiomorphic site control

End group anaylsis

Ene reactions of polybutadiene and polyisoprene

Energy of dipole interaction

Energy transfer process

Entropy of elasticity

Enzymes

Episulfide, polymerization of

Epitaxial crystallinity

Epoxidation of unsaturated polymers

Epoxy novolacs

Epoxy resins

crosslinking reactions of

preparation of

Equation for work done in stretching an elastomer

Equivalence postulate

Erythrodiisotactic conformation

Erythrodisyndiotactic conformation

Ethyl cellulose

Ethylene oxide, polymerization of

Ethylene-propylene elastomers

Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers

Exiplex

See See Charge transfer complexes

F

Fatty acid process

Fatty polyamides

Fibrilar morphology

Fibroin

Fibrous proteins

First-order Markov model

First-order termination reaction

First-order transition temperature

Flash polymerization

Flory-Huggins theory of polymer solutions

Fluorination of polyethylene

Fluorine containing aromatic polymers

Fluoropolymers

Fluorosilicone elastomers

Folded-chain lamella

Formaldehyde, polymerization of

Formation of graft copolymers by free-radical chain transferring

Formation of graft copolymers with the aid of high-energy radiation

Formation of initiating free-radicals

Fox-Flory equation

Free ion

Free-radical chain polymerization

Free-radical initiators

Friedel-Craft alkylation reactions of polymers

Friedel-Craft crosslinking

Fringed micelle model

G

Galactan

Gas-phase olefin polymerization process

Gelation

Gel permeation chromatography

Genetic zwitterions

Glass transition and the glassy state

Glass transition temperature

Globular proteins

Glyptals

Graft copolymers

with the aid of ionizing radiation

with the aid of macromonomers

definition of

with ionic chain-growth and step-growth polymerizations

preparation of

Grafting reactions to polymers with double bonds

GR-N rubber

Group-transfer polymerization

GR-S rubber

Grubbs catalysts

Guanine

Guayule rubber

Guncotton

See See Cellulose, nitrate

Gutta-percha rubber

H

Halogenation of polymers

Halogenation reactions of polystyrene

Halogen bearing polymers

HDPE

See See High density polyethylene (HDPE)

Head to head placement

Head to tail placement

Heme

Hemicelluloses

Hemoglobin

Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts

Heterolytic cleavage of peroxides

Heterotactic conformation

See See Atactic conformation

High density polyethylene (HDPE)

Higher poly(α-olefin)s

High impact polystyrene

High molecular weight polybutadiene

High performance polymers

Homogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts

Homolytic cleavage of peroxides

Hookian solid

Hydroboration of polymers

Hydrodynamic volume

Hydrogenation of polymers

Hydrogen bonding

Hydrogen transfer polymerization

Hydrolytic degradation of polymers

Hydrolytic polymerization of lactams

Hydroperoxides

Hytrel, copolyester elastomer

I

Imine polymerization

Immobilized catalysts

Immobilized enzymes

Immobilized reagents

Immortal polymerization

Induced decomposition of peroxides

Induced dipole

Induction forces in polymers

Induction period

Inherent viscosity

Inhibition and retardation

Inhibitors

Inifer

Initiation

of anionic chain-growth polymerization

of cationic chain-growth polymerization

of free-radical chain-growth polymerization

of graft copolymerization from polymeric backbones

of lactams polymerization

of lactones polymerization

of polymerization of oxetanes

of polymerization of oxiranes

of polymerization of tetrahydrofuran

of polymerization with radioactive sources and electron beams

Interfacial polycondensation

Interfacial polymerization

Intermolecular forces

Interpolymer

Intimate ion pair

Intra-intermolecular polymerization

Intra-intermolecular reaction

Intramolecular cycloaddition

See See Intra-intermolecular polymerization

Intramolecular rearrangements of polymers

Intrinsic viscosity

Ionic chain-growth polymerization

Ion pair

Isomerization polymerization

cationic

coordination

Isomerization reactions of polymers

Isotactic conformation

Isotactic dyad

Isotactic triad

K

Keratin

Ketones, polymerization of

Kevlar

Kinetic chain length

Kinetics

of controlled/living polymerization

of coordination polymerization of olefins

of free-radical polymerizations

of ionic chain-growth polymerization

of ring-opening polymerizations

of step-growth polymerizations

L

Lactams, syntheses of

See See Nylons

Lactomolytic propagation

Ladder polymer

Lamella

Lauryl lactam

Lewis acids in cationic initiations of chain-growth polymerization

Lexan

Light scattering measurement

Lignin

Linear polymer, definition of

Linear saturated polyesters

Linear unsaturated polyesters

Liquid crystal polymers

Liquid polybutadiene

Living anionic polymerizations

Living cationic polymerizations

Living/controlled free-radical polymerization

Low density polyethylene

Lyotropic liquid crystal

M

Macromers

See See Macromonomers

Macromolecules, reactivity of

Macromonomers

Manufacturing techniques of polyethylene

Manufacturing techniques of polyisobutylene

Manufacturing techniques of polypropylene

Manufacturing techniques of polystyrene

Mark-Houwink-Sakurada equation

Markov statistical model ion stereochemistry

Mass polymerization

Materials similar to polyethylene

Mechanism and kinetics of chain growth polymerization

Mechanochemical techniques for formation of block copolymers

Melamine-formaldehyde resins

Membrane osmometry

Merrifield solid-phase peptide synthesis

Mesomorphic state, liquid crystal polymers

Mesophases

Metal alkyls in initiations of cationic polymerization

Metalation reactions of polymers

Metallocene/borate complexes

Metallocene catalysts

Metalloporphyrin initiators

Metathesis polymerization

Methods of measuring molecular weights

Methyl acrylate, synthesis of

Methyl methacrylate, synthesis of

Methyl rubber, poly(2,3-dimethylbutadiene)

Miscellaneous

block copolymers

crosslinking reactions

exchange reactions

fluorine containing chain-growth polymers

graft copolymerizations

polymers from dienes

polysaccharides

Modulus of elasticity

Molecular cohesion of some linear polymers

Molecular weight averages

Molecular weights and molecular weight determinations

Monodisperse, definition of

Monomer

definition of

placement

reactivity

Monometallic mechanism

Morphology

Myoglobin

N

Naturally occurring polyisoprenes

Naturally occurring polymers

Nature of light

Negative coefficient of expansion

Nematic liquid crystals

Neoprene rubber

See See Chloroprene rubber

Network polyesters for surface coatings

Network structure

Newtonian liquid

Nitration of polystyrene and subsequent reactions of polynitrostyrene

Nitrile rubber

See See GR-N rubber

Nitroxide mediated radical polymerization

Nomenclature of chain-growth polymers

Nomenclature of step-growth polymers

Nonadjacent reentry model

Norrish-Smith effect

See See Autoacceleration

Noryl

Novolacs

Nucleic acids

Nucleophilic substitution reactions of acrylic and methacrylic polymers

Nucleoproteins

Nucleoside

Nucleotide

Number average degree of polymerization

Nylons

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

definition of

O

Occlusion (heterogeneous) polymerization

Oil length

Olefin metathesis

Oligomer, definition of

Oligomers with terminal functional groups

One electron transfer initiation in anionic chain-growth polymerization

One electron transposition initiation in cationic chain-growth polymerization

Optical activity in polymers

Organic reactions of polymers

Orientation in polymers

Osmometry

Oxidation of chain-growth polymers

Oxidation of step-growth polymers

Oxidative coupling

Oxidative degradation of polymers

Oxycarbon cation

P

Paired group and neighboring group effects in reaction of polymers

Pectins

Penultimate unit

Pepsin

Permanent dipoles

Peroxides

Perylene

Phase-transfer polymerization

See See Interfacial polymerization

Phenol-formaldehyde resins

Phenolic polymers

Phenoxy polymers

Phillips catalysts

Phosphazene polymers

Phosphonitrilic polymers

Photochemical reactions

Photochemical syntheses of graft-copolymers

Photo-conducting polymers

Photocrosslinkable polymers

Photo-degradation of macromolecules

Photoinitiation

of cationic polymerization

of free-radical polymerization

Photo-isomerization of polymeric materials

Photonic polymers

Photo-oxidative degradation

Photo-responsive polymers

Photosensitizers

Planar network, definition of

Plant gums

Plexiglas

See See Poly(methyl methacrylate)

Polar addition reaction of polymers

Polar additions to polymeric materials

Poly(4-methyl pentene)

Poly(acrylic acid)

Poly(butene-1)

Poly(butylene terephthalate)

Poly(ethylene naphthanate)

Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Poly(methyl methacrylate)

Poly(p-xylene)

Poly(phenylene sulfide)

Poly(phenylene vinylene)

Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Poly(vinyl fluoride)

Poly(vinylidene chloride)

Poly(vinylidene fluoride)

Polyacetals and polyketals

Polyacetylene

Polyacrylamide

Polyacrylonitrile

Polyalkanoates

Polyamide-imides

Polyamide-polyester block copolymers

Polyaniline

Polyarylsiloxanes

Polyarylsulfones Poly(arylene ether)s

Polybenzimidazoles

Polybenzoxazoles

Polybenzthiazoles

Polybutadiene

high molecular weight

liquid

Polycaprolactam

See See Nylons, 8

Polycarbonates

Polychlorotrifluoroethylene

Polydisperse, definition of

Polyester-imides

Polyesters

Polyesters from lactones

Polyether based supports

Polyether imides

Polyethers

Polyethylene

preparation of

and related polymers

Polyethynylpyridine

Polyimides

Polyisobutylene

Polyisoprene, natural and synthetic

Polymer(s)

of acrylic and methacrylic esters

based solar cells

definition of

designed to crosslink upon irradiation with laser beams

with functional chalcone groups

with functional furan groups

with functional groups similar to cinnamate

for harvesting sun′s energy

with pendant abietate and dibenzazepine groups

with pendant azide groups

with pendant cinnamoyl functional groups

with pendant maleimide groups

from substituted styrenes

supports for reagents, catalysts, and drug release

that crosslink by dimerization of nitrenes and by other combination of free-radicals to covalent bonds

that photocrosslink by formation of cyclobutane rings

Polymercaptans

Polymeric catalysts

Polymeric materials for special applications

Polymeric reagents

Polymerization

of acrylic and methacrylic esters

of aldehydes

of charge-transfer complexes

of complexes with Lewis acids

of cyclic acetals

of cyclic amines

of cyclic sulfides

of dialdehydes

of dioxolane

of dioxopane

of ketones and isocyanataes

of lactones

of monomers with multiple double bonds

of N -carboxy-α-amino acid anhydrides

of oxepanes

of oxetanes

of oxiranes

by precipitation

in solution

by strain relief

by strain relief in cationic isomerization

of tetrahydrofuran

of trioxane

of unsaturated aldehydes

Polymer preparation techniques

by free-radical mechanism

in free-radical polymerization

Polymethacrylonitrile

Polymethylene

Polyoxymethylene

Polyphenylene

Polyphosphazenes

Polypropylene

Polypyrrole

Poly(vinyl acetate), reactions of

Poly(vinyl chloride), reactions of

Poly(α-olefin)s

Poly(alkylene sulfide)s

Poly(arylene ether ketone)s

Poly(ether ketone)s

Poly(phenylene oxide)s

Poly(vinyl acetal)s

Polysaccharides

Polysilanes

Polysiloxane coating resins

Polysiloxanes

Polystyrene

Polystyrene and polystyrene like polymers

Polysulfides

Polysulfodiazoles

Polysulfones

Polytetrafluoroethylene

Polythiophene

Polyurethanes

elastomers

fibers

foams

ionomers

polyamide block copolymers

polyester block copolymers

Popcorn polymerization

Precipitation polymerization

See See Solution polymerization

Primary structure of proteins

Processes in polymer degradation

Promoter of peroxide decomposition

Propagation

in anionic chain-growth polymerization

in anionic coordination polymerization

in cationic chain-growth polymerization

in free-radical chain growth polymerization

reaction in polymerization of oxetanes

reaction in polymerization of oxiranes

reaction in polymerization of tetrahydrofuran

Properties of poly(α-olefin)s

Prosthetic group

Proteins

Pseudo-anionic polymerization

Pseudo-cationic polymerization

Q

Q and e scheme

Quantum mechanical description of light

Quantum yield

Quasiliving polymerization

Quaternary structure of proteins

Quiana

Quinone methides

R

Radiation initiated polymerizations

Radical

lifetime

reactivity

scavenger (

See see Inhibitors; Retarders)

Radical-anion

Radical-cation

Radical-chain polymerization

See See Free-radical chain polymerization

Radius of gyration

Random copolymer, definition of

Rate of disappearance of functional groups in step-growth polymerization

Rayon

Reactions

of acrylic, methacrylic and related polymers

of halomethylated polymers

of isocyanates

of polystyrene

that favor large molecules

Reactivity of macromolecules

Reactivity ratios

Rearrangement reactions of polymers

Redox copolymerization reactions

Redox grafting reactions

Redox initiation

Reduced transition metal oxide catalysts on support

Reduced viscosity

Reduction

of ester groups in acrylic and methacrylic polymers

of poly(nitrostyrene)

Regenerated cellulose

Relative viscosity

Repeat unit

Resoles

Retarders

Retractive force of a stretched elastomer

Retrogration of starch

Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization

Rheology and viscoelasticity

Ribonucleic acids (RNA)

Ring forming in step-growth polymerizations

Ring forming polymerization in free-radical chain growth polymerization

Ring opening metathesis polymerization of alicyclics

Ring opening polymerization

of aziridines

of cyclic acetals

of cyclic sulfides

of dioxepanes

of dioxolanes

by free-radical mechanism

of lactams

of lactones

of N -carboxy-α-amino acid anhydrides

of oxepanes

of oxetanes

of oxiranes

of phosphonitrilic chloride

of siloxanes

of tetrahydrofuran

of trioxane

RNA

See See Ribonucleic acids

Rotaxanes

RTV

S

SBR rubber

See See GR-S rubber

Secondary bond forces

Secondary structure of proteins

Second order Markov model

Second order transition temperature

Semiladder polymer, definition of

Shear

creep compliance

definition of

rate

stress

stress relaxation model

stress relaxation modulus

thinning

Shellac

Shish-kebab morphology

Silicon containing aromatic polymers

Silicone elastomers

Silicone oil

Silicone polymers

Silk

Size exclusion chromatography

Smetic liquid crystals

Smith-Ewart kinetics

Solution polymerization

Solutions of polymers

Solvent effects on copolymerization

Solvent-separated ion pair

Space network, definition of

Special catalysts for lactone polymerization

Special gels for drug release

Special polymers from dienes

Special reactions

for formation of polyamides

for preparation of block copolymers

Special type of "living"/controlled polymerizations

Specific viscosity

Spherulites

Spherulitic growth

Spontaneous alternating zwitterion copolymerizations

Spontaneous terminations

Spontaneous zwitterion polymerization

Starch

Star-shaped polymer, definition of

Static capillary osmometer

Statistics of propagation

Steady state assumption

Step-growth polymers, definition of

Stereoregular polymer, definition of

Stereoselective polymerization

Steric arrangement in macromolecules

Steric arrangement in polymers

Steric control

in anionic chain-growth polymerization

in cationic chain-growth polymerization

in coordination polymerization

in free-radical chain-growth polymerization

in polymerization of conjugated dienes

in polymerization of oxiranes

Steric, polar, and resonance effects in free-radical polymerization

Structure and chemistry of proteins

Structure and property relations in organic polymers

Styrene-butadiene block copolymers

Styrene-butadiene rubber

Styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers

Substitution reactions of poly(vinyl alcohol)

Sulfonation of polystyrene

Sulfur containing polymers

Support materials

based on polystyrene

other than polystyrene

Suspension polymerization

Switchboard model

Syndiotactic conformation

Syndiotactic dyad

Syndiotactic polypropylene

Synthetic methods of preparation

of nucleic acids

of polypeptides

Synthetic polyisoprene

T

Tacticity

TDI

See See Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)

Techniques of polymer preparations

in free-radical chain-growth polymerizations

in step-growth polymerization

Teflon

See See Polytetrafluoroethylene

Telechelic polymer, definition of

Telomer, definition of

Telomerization reaction

Template polymerization

TEMPO

See See 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperydinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO)

Tensile strength

Termination reactions

in anionic polymerization

in cationic polymerization

in coordination polymerization

in free-radical polymerization

Terpolymerization

Terylene

See See Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperydinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO)

Tg

See see Glass transition temperature

Thermal degradation

of azo compounds and peroxides

of cellulosic materials

of chlorocarbon and fluorocarbon polymers

of common chain-growth polymers

of common step-growth polymers

of epoxy resins

of methacrylic and acrylic polymers

of poly(vinyl acetate)

of polyamides

of polyesters

of polyethers

of polyolefins and polymers and conjugated dienes

of polyoxides

of polyoxidiazoles

of polyquinoxaline

of polystyrene and polystyrene-like polymers

of step-growth polymers

Thermal polymerization

Thermodynamics

of anionic polymerization

of cationic polymerization

of crystallization

of elasticity

of equilibrium polymerization

of free-radical polymerization

of polymer solutions

of ring opening polymerization

of step-growth polymerization

Thermoplastic and thermoset acrylic resins

Thermoplastic elastomer

Thermoplastic polymer, definition of

Thermosetting polymer, definition of

Thermotropic liquid crystal

Thikol rubber

Thixotropic

Threodiisotactic conformation

Threodisyndiotactic conformation

Tight ion pair

See See Ion pair

Tm

See See Crystalline melting point (Tm)

Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)

Torlon

See See polyamide-imides

Trammsdorff effect

Transanular polymerization

Transfer

See See Chain transfer

Transport polymerization

Tritactic conformation

Trogamid T

Trypsin

Two electron transposition initiation reactions

Tybrene

See See ABS resins

U

Ultrapek

See See Poly(ether ketone)s

Ultrathene

See See Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers

Universal calibration method

Unsaturated polyesters

Uracil

Urea-formaldehyde resins

Uscolite

See See ABS resins

V

Viscoelasticity

Viscose rayon

Viscosity average molecular weight

Vulcanization of elastomers

W

Weight average molecular weight

X

Xanthate process

Xylan

Z

Zero-order Markov model

Zielger-Natta catalysts

heterogeneous

homogeneous

Zimm plot

Zwitterion polymerization

See See Spontaneous zwitterion polymerization