J. Gooch – Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers (Second edition)

Автор: J. Gooch
Название книги: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers (Second edition, 2011)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Химия
Страницы: 1048
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This reference, in its second edition, contains more than 7,500 polymeric material terms, including the names of chemicals, processes, formulae, and analytical methods that are used frequently in the polymer and engineering fields. This lavishly illustrated title includes an appendix of biochemical and microbiological terms, thus offering previously unpublished material making the book distinct from all competitors. Supplementary material such as audio files with pronuncitions of each term may be found on the Springer website Interactive equations posted on the author's website bring important relationships to life. Each succinct entry offers a broadly accessible definition as well as cross-references to related terms.

The second edition of Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers provides 40% more entries and information for the reader.
A Polymers Properties section has been added to provide quick reference for thermal properties, crystallinity, density,
solubility parameters, infrared and nuclear magnetic spectra. Interactive Polymer Technology is available in the
electronic version, and provides templates for the user to insert values and instantly calculate unknowns for equations
and hundreds of other polymer science and engineering relationships. The editor offers scientists, engineers, academia
and others interested in adhesives, coatings, elastomers, inks, plastics and textiles a valuable communication tool
within this book. In addition, the more recent innovations and biocompatible polymers and adhesives products have
necessitated inclusion into any lexicon that addresses polymeric materials. Communication among scientific and
engineering personnel has always been of critical importance, and as in any technical field, the terms and descriptions
of materials and processes lag the availability of a manual or handbook that would benefit individuals working
and studying in scientific and engineering disciplines. There is often a challenge when conveying an idea from one
individual to another due to its complexity, and sometimes even the pronunciation of a word is different not only in
different countries, but in industries. Colloquialisms and trivial terms that find their way into technical language for
materials and products tend to create a communications fog, thus unacceptable in today’s global markets and technical
communities.
The editor wishes to make a distinction between this book and traditional dictionaries, which provide a word and
definition. The present book provides for each term a complete expression, chemical structures and mathematic
expression where applicable, phonetic pronunciation, etymology, translations into German, French and Spanish, and
related figures if appropriate. This is a complete book of terminology never before attempted or published.
The information for each chemical entry is given as it is relevant to polymeric materials. Individual chemical species
(e.g., ethanol) were taken from he CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 2004 Version, the Merck Index and other
reference materials. The reader may refer to these references for additional physical properties and written chemical
formulae. Extensive use was made of ChemDraw®, CambridgeSoft Corporation, for naming and drawing chemical
structures (conversion of structure to name and vice versa) which are included with each chemical entry where possible.
Special attention was given to the IUPAC name that is often given with the common name for the convenience of the
reader.
The editor assembled notes over a combined career in the chemical industries and academic institutions regarding
technical communication among numerous colleagues and helpful acquaintances concerning expressions and associated
anomalies. Presently, multiple methods of nomenclature are employed to describe identical chemical compounds by
common and IUPAC names (eg. acetone and 2-propanone) because the old systems (19th century European and trivial)
methods of nomenclature exists with the modern International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and the conflicts
between them are not likely to relent in the near future including the weights and measures systems because some nations
are reluctant to convert from English to metric and, and more recently, the International Systems of Units (SI).
Conversion tables for converting other systems to the SI units are included in this book for this purpose. In addition,
there are always the differences in verbal pronunciation, but the reasons not acceptable to prevent cogent communication
between people sharing common interests.
In consideration of the many challenges confronting the reader who must economize time investment, the structure
of this book is optimized with regard the convenience of the reader as follows:
• Comprehensive table of contents
• Abbreviations and symbols
• Mathematics signs
• English, Greek, Latin and Russian alphabets
• Pronunciation/phonetic symbols
• Main body of terms with entry term in English, French German and Italian
• Conversion factors
• Microbiology nomenclature and terminology
• References
The editor acknowledges the utilization of many international sources of information including journals, books,
dictionaries, communications, and conversations with people experienced in materials, polymer science and engineering.
A comprehensive reference section contains all of the sources of information used in this publication. Pronunciation,
etymological, cross-reference and related information is presented in the style of the 11th Edition of theMeriam-Webster
Dictionary, where known, for each term. The spelling for each term is presented in German, French, and Spanish where
translation is possible. Each term in this book includes the following useful information:
• Spelling (in bold face) of each term and alternative spellings where more than one derivation is commonly used
• Phonetic spelling \-\ using internationally published phonetic symbols, and this is the first book that includes
phonetic pronunciation information missing in technical dictionaries that allows the reader to pronounce the term
• Parts of speech in English following each phonetic spelling, eg. n., adj.
• Cross-references in CAPITALS letters
• Also called example in italics
• Etymological information [-] for old and new terms that provides the reader the national origins of terms including
root words, prefixes and suffixes; historical information is critical to the appreciation of a term and its true meaning
• French, German, Italian and Spanish spellings of the term { – }
• A comprehensive explanation of the term
• Mathematical expressions where applicable
• Figures and tables where applicable
• A comprehensive reference section is included for further research
References are included for individual entries where a publication(s) is directly attributable to a definition or
description. Not all of the references listed in the Reference section are directly attributable to entries, but they were
reviewed for information and listed for the reader’s information. Published dictionaries and glossaries of materials were
very helpful for collecting information in the many diverse and smaller technologies of the huge field of polymers. The
editor is grateful that so much work has been done by other people interested in polymers.
The editor has attempted to utilize all relevant methods to convey the meaning of terms to the reader, because a term
often requires more information than a standard entry in a textbook dictionary, so this book is dedicated to a complete
expression. Terminology and correct pronunciation of technical terms is continuously evolving in scientific and industrial
fields and too often undocumented or published, and therefore, not shared with others sometimes leading to misunderstandings.
Engineering and scientific terms describe a material, procedure, test, theory or process, and communication
between technical people must involve similar jargon or much will be lost in the translation as often has been the editor’s
experience. The editor has made an attempt to provide the reader who has an interested in the industries that have evolved
from adhesives, coatings, inks, elastomers, plastics and textiles with the proper terminology to communicate with other
partieswhether or not directly involved in the industries. This publication is a single volume in the formof a desk-handbook
that is hoped will be an invaluable tool for communicating in the spoken and written media.
Physics, electronic and magnetic terms because they are related to materials and processes (e.g., ampere).
Biomolecular materials and processes have in the recent decade overlapped with polymer science and engineering.
Advancements in polymeric materials research for biomolecular and medical applications are rapidly becoming
commercialized, examples include biocompatible adhesives for sutureless tissue bonding, liquid dressings for wounds
and many other materials used for in vitro and in vivo medical applications. To keep pace with these advancements, the
editor has included useful terms in the main body that are commonly used in the material sciences for these new
industries.
A microbiology section has been included to assist the reader in becoming familiar with the proper nomenclature of
bacteria, fungi, mildew, and yeasts – organisms that affect materials and processes because they are ubiquitous in our
environment. Corrosion of materials by microorganisms is commonplace, and identification of a specific organism is
critical to prevent its occurrence. Engineers and materials scientists will appreciate the extensive sections on different
types of microorganisms together with a section dedicated to microbiology terminology that is useful for communicating
in the jargon of biologists instead of referring to all organisms as ‘‘bugs.’’
New materials and processes, and therefore new terms, are constantly evolving with research, development and global
commercialization. The editor will periodically update this publication for the convenience of the reader.
Statistics, numerical analysis other data processing and experimental design terms are addressed as individual terms
and as a separate section in the appendix, but only as probability and statistics relate to polymer technology and not the
broad field of this mathematical science. The interactive equations are listed in the Statistics section of the Interactive
Polymer Technology program.