CONTENTS 1
PART A Introduction 1
UNIT 1 Polymer 1
Reading Material The rise of polymer science 3
UNIT 2 Synthesis 6
Reading Material Techniques of polymerization 10
UNIT 3 Plastics,rubber and fiber 13
Reading Material The general properties of plastics 16
PART B Plastics Additives 19
UNIT 1 Heat stabilizers 19
Reading Material Organic stabilizers emerge as options to lead for pipe 20
UNIT 2 Plasticizers 23
Reading Material PVC additives(1) 26
UNIT 3 Lubricants 29
Reading Material PVC additives(2) 31
UNIT 1 Polyethylene 34
PART C Resins 34
Reading Material High density polyethylene 36
UNIT 2 Polypropylene 39
Reading Material Nanometer plastic 41
UNIT 3 Polyvinyl Chloride 44
Reading Material What is PVC?(1) 46
UNIT 4 Polystyrene 48
Reading Material What is PVC?(2) 50
UNIT 5 Phenolics 52
Reading Material Future 15 years in prospect of chemical construction material 54
UNIT 6 Epoxy Resins 56
Reading Material Plastics and the environment：A level playing field at last 58
PART D Rubber Compounding Ingredients 60
UNIT 1 General Introduction to Rubber Compounding 60
Reading Material Importance of rubber 63
UNIT 2 Rubbers 65
Reading Material Other types of rubbers 68
UNIT 3 Vulcanizing system 70
Reading Material Other types of vulcanizing agents 74
UNIT 4 Antidegradants 76
Reading Material The Ageing of Rubber Vulcanizates 79
UNIT 5 Fillers 81
Reading Material IRHD and Shore A scales 85
Silica used in tires 85
PART E Raw Rubber 87
UNIT 1 Natural rubber 87
Reading Material Natural rubber（polyisoprene） 89
UNIT 2 Butadiene rubber 91
Reading Material Difference of NR and IR 94
UNIT 3 E-SBR 95
Reading Material Polymerization of E-SBR 98
UNIT 4 Acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber 100
Reading Material General types of NBR 102
UNIT 5 Chloroprene Rubber 104
Reading Material Rubber compounding rules（1） 107
UNIT 6 Butyl Rubber 110
Reading Material Rubber compounding rules（2） 113
UNIT 7 Ethylene-Propylene Rubber 117
Reading Material Surface bloom of rubber 120
PART F Polymer Processing 123
UNIT 1 Extrusion 123
Reading Material Extrusion 126
UNIT 2 Molding 128
Reading Material Rotational,fluidized-bed and slush molding 130
UNIT 3 Rubber processing 132
Reading Material Processing Rubber 135
Appendix 138
Appendix Ⅰ The nomenclature of synthetic elastomers 138
Appendix Ⅱ Acronyms of polymers 142
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary of polymer engineering 145
Vocabulary 155
Bibliography 169