Part A Introduction 1
UNIT 1 Polymer 1
[Reading Material] Hermann Staudinger 3
UNIT 2 Classification of Polymers 5
[Reading Material] Polymer Architecture 8
UNIT 3 Synthesis 11
[Reading Material] Wallace Hume Carothers 15
UNIT 4 Plastics, Rubber and Fiber 18
[Reading Material] Thermoplastic Elastomer 21

Part B Plastics Additives 23
UNIT 1 Stabilizers 23
[Reading Material] Biodegradable Additives 25
UNIT 2 Plasticizers 27
[Reading Material] PVC Additives (1) 30
UNIT 3 Lubricants 32
[Reading Material] PVC Additives (2) 34

Part C Resins 36
UNIT 1 Polyethylene 36
[Reading Material] High Density Polyethylene 39
UNIT 2 Polypropylene 41
[Reading Material] Nanometer Plastic 44
UNIT 3 Polyvinyl Chloride 46
[Reading Material] Resin Identification Code 48
UNIT 4 Polystyrene 50
[Reading Material] Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene 53
UNIT 5 Phenolics 54
[Reading Material] Leo Baekeland 56
UNIT 6 Epoxy Resins 59
[Reading Material] Plastics and the Environment 61

Part D Rubber Compounding Ingredients 63
UNIT 1 General Introduction 63
[Reading Material] Importance of Rubber 66
UNIT 2 Rubbers 68
[Reading Material] Other Types of Rubbers 71
UNIT 3 Vulcanizing System 73
[Reading Material] Other Types of Vulcanizing Agents 77
UNIT 4 Antidegradants 79
[Reading Material] The Ageing of Rubber Vulcanizates 83
UNIT 5 Fillers 85
[Reading Material] Radial Tire 89

Part E Raw Rubber 92
UNIT 1 Natural Rubber 92
[Reading Material] Chemical Makeup and Properties of NR 94
UNIT 2 Butadiene Rubber 96
[Reading Material] Rubber Elasticity 99
UNIT 3 E-SBR 101
[Reading Material] What Lead to the Invention of SBR? 104
UNIT 4 Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber 106
[Reading Material] Medical Gloves 109
UNIT 5 Chloroprene Rubber 110
[Reading Material] Rubber Compounding Rules (1) 113
UNIT 6 Butyl Rubber 116
[Reading Material] Rubber Compounding Rules (2) 119
UNIT 7 Ethylene-Propylene Rubber 122
[Reading Material] Surface Bloom of Rubber 125

Part F Polymer Processing 127
UNIT 1 Extrusion 127
[Reading Material] Plastics Extrusion 130
UNIT 2 Molding 132
[Reading Material] Rotational, Fluidized-Bed and Slush Molding 134
UNIT 3 Rubber Processing 137
[Reading Material] Calender 140

Appendix �� The Nomenclature of Synthetic Elastomers 142

Appendix �� Acronyms of Polymers 146

Appendix �� Glossary of Polymer Material 149

Vocabulary 159

References 172