High performance polymers, their origin and development : proceedings of the Symposium on the History of High Performance Polymers at the American Chemical Society Meeting held in New York, April 15-18, 1986 / editors, Raymond B. Seymour, Gerald S. Kirshenbaum.

Author: Symposium on the History of High Performance Polymers (1986 : New York, N.Y.)

Imprint:New York : Elsevier, c1986.

Descriptionxiii, 461 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Includes indexes.

Note:INTRODUCTION: High performance polymers: natural and synthetic / H. Mark (Polytechnic University) -- Engineering plastics: the concept that launched an industry / Lawrence H. Gillespie, Jr. (DuPont) -- ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS: POLYAMIDES: The history and development of nylon-66 / Melvin I. Kohan (DuPont) -- History and development of Nylon-6 / Paul Matthies, Wolfgang F. Seydl (BASF) -- The history of development of nylons 11 and 12 / G.B. Apgar, M.J. Koskoski (Atochem) -- POLYESTERS: History: aromatic polycarbonates / Daniel W. Fox (G.E.) -- The history of poly(Butylene Terephthalate) molding resins / Donal McNally, John S. Gall (Celanese) -- Injection moldable PET / Edward J. Deyrup (DuPont) -- History of polyarylates / Lloyd M. Robeson, James M. Tibbitt (Union Carbide) -- ACETALS: The history of aceetal homopolymer / Kenneth J. Persak, Richard A. Fleming (DuPont) -- Acetal copolymer, a historical perspective / Thomas J. Dolce, Francis B. McAndrew (Celanese) -- STYRENICS: A path to ABS thermoplastics / William A. Pavelich (Borg-Warner) -- Styrene-maleic anhydride-vinyl monomer terpolymers and blends / Raymond B. Seymour (University of Southern Mississippi) -- SULFUR-CONTAINING POLYMERS: History of polyphenylene sulfide / H. Wayne Hill, Jr. (Phillips) -- The development of polysulfone and other polyarylethers / R.A. Clendinning, .G. Farnham, R.N. Johnson Union Carbide) -- Polysulfone: early market development activities / M.E. Sauers, L.A. McKenna, C.N. Merriam (Union Carbide) -- Discovery and development of the "Victrex" polyarylethersulphones / John B. Rose (ICI and University of Surrey) -- POLYARYLETHERKETONE: Discovery and development of the "Victrex" polyaryletherketone PEEK / John B. ose (ICI and University of Surrey) -- POLYETHERIMIDES: Discovery and development of polyetherimides / Joseph G. Wirth (G.E.) -- BLENDS AND ALLOYS: Discovery and commercialization of Noryl® Resins / Allen S. Hay (G.E.) -- Xenoy® and Noryl® GTX engineering thermoplastic blends / Jean M. Heuschen (G.E.) -- History and development of interpenetrating polymer networks / L.H. Sperling (Lehigh University) -- LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS: Industrial development of thermotropic polyesters / G.W. Calundann (Celanese) -- Early work on thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers having a rigid-flexible regularly alternating structure in the main chain / Anselm C. Griffin (University of Southern Mississippi) -- FLUOROPLASTICS: The history of polytetrafluoroethylene: discovery and development / Roy J. Plunkett (DuPont) -- Polytetrafluorethylene: history of its development and some recent advances / Carleton A. Sperati (DuPont) -- Development of thermoplastic fluoropolymers / Robert E. Putnam (DuPont) -- Development of Kynar polyvinylidene fluoride / Julius E. Dohany (Pennwalt) -- THERMOSETS: History and development of epoxy resins / John A. Gannon (CIBA-GEIGY) -- Cyanate esters: high performance resins / Richard B. Graver (Celanese) -- Polyimides / John J. King, Byung H. Lee (CIBA-GEIGY) -- UV/EB curing technology: a short history / B. Christmas, R. Kemmerer, F. Kosnik (Celanese) -- FIBERS: Carbon fibers, from light bulbs to outer space / Roger Bacon, Charles T. Moses (Union Carbide) -- History and development of polybenzimidazoles / E.J. Powers, G.A. Serad (Celanese) -- HIGH PERFORMANCE ELASTOMERS: High performance elastomers / Maurice Morton (University of Akron) -- History of silicone elastomers / F.W. Gordon Fearon (Dow Corning) -- Advances in fluoroelastomers / Herman Schroeder (DuPont) -- PEBAX® polyether block amide: a new family of engineering thermoplastic elastomers / Joseph R. Flesher, Jr. (Atochem) -- Engineering polyester elastomers and the future for TPE's / Louis F. Savelli, Donald F. Brizzolara (DuPont) -- HIGH BARRIER PACKAGING MATERIALS: PET: a global perspective / Nathaniel C. Wyeth (DuPont) -- Ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers / A.L. Blackwell (EVAL Company)

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