Polyolefins : Processing, Structure Development, and Properties

Polyolefins, the polymers synthesized from olefinic monomers, are the major commercial thermoplastics. They are also important elastomers and the components of major thermoplastic elastomers. Polyethylene and polypropylene in volume are the two largest thermoplastics and are fabricated into filaments, films, and moldings. For the first time, the reader will find a comprehensive description of the structuring of molten polyolefins in fiber, film and molding processes with correlation between structural order such as crystalline unit cell, polymorphic effect and orientation, and processing parameters.

Chapter 1 : Origins of Polyolefins
Chapter 2 : Characterization Methods
Chapter 3 : Crystallography of Polyolefins
Chapter 4 : Single Crystals :  Structural Hierarchy and Morphology
Chapter 5 : Spherulites and Quiescent Crystallization
Chapter 6 : Polyolefin Copolymers and Blends
Chapter 7 : Polymer Melt Processing, Rheological Properties, and Orientation in Flowing Polymer Melts
Chapter 8 : Melt Spinning
Chapter 9 : Film Processing and Profile Extrusion
Chapter 10 : Molding
Chapter 11 : Mechanical Properties of Polyolefins