Entirely rewritten, this multi-volume work has been expanded to reflect the vast changes that have occurred in polymer and plastics technology over the past 20 years. After the initial volume (A to Amorphous Polymers), 16 more volumes have been published, four in each calendar year, 1985 through 1988, and a supplement and an index volume were published in the first half of 1989.

This Third Edition of the classic, best-selling polymer science textbook surveys theory and practice of all major phases of polymer science, engineering, and technology, including polymerization, solution theory, fractionation and molecular-weight measurement, solid-state properties, structure-property relationships, and the preparation, fabrication and properties of commercially-important plastics, fibers, and elastomers.

This reference work, part of a 20-volume set, contains approximately 200 tables and 3000 literature citations. Topics covered in the set include natural and synthetic polymers, plastics, fibres, elastomers, computer topics and processing.

This is a supplement volume to the Encyclopedia of Polymer