Miscible Polymer Blends: Background and Guide for Calculations and Design

Title: Miscible Polymer Blends: Background and Guide for Calculations and Design Description: • A valuable tool for understanding the mixing of polymer blends • Facilitates finding combinations of polymers that work - and don't • Ready to apply in your lab or research facility Written and developed by two of the world's leading authorities, the software + book Miscible Polymer Blends offers polymer chemists and engineers a method for very rapidly determining which polymers and co-polymers mix and do not mix. The CD-ROM calculator is designed to aid in determining promising polymer blends for many different applications. A self-guided tutorial on the CD-ROM, as well as an accompanying booklet, presents the theoretical background. Based on twenty years of research, Miscible Polymer Blends is an inexpensive, easy-to-use instrument for investigating and refining polymer combinations. The package offers succinct and precise explanations, which will be of value to those requiring a clear introduction to the fascinating field of polymer blends. CONTENTS (with selected subtopics) 1. Tutorial • An In-Depth Guided Tour of How to Predict Miscible Polymer Mixtures 2. Additional Material on Relevant Topics • Solubility Parameters • Group Contributions • How Group Contributions are Determined • Specific Interactions • Critical Values of Solubility Parameter Differences • The Dilution Algorithm • Self-Association • Inter-Association • Infrared Studies of Blends • Different Equilibrium Schemes • Infrared Determination of Equilibrium Constants • Temperature Dependence of Equilibrium Constants • Polymer Self-Association Equilibrium Constants • Intramolecular Screening • Functional Group Accessibility • Hydrogen Bonding Free Energy Equation • Phase Behavior 3. Calculators • Solubility Parameter Calculator for Homopolymers • Solubility Parameter Calculator for Random Copolymers • Miscibility Checker for Two Homopolymers • Miscibility Checker for a Homopolymer with a Copolymer • Miscibility Checker for Two Copolymers • Miscibility Windows and Maps • Phase Calculator for Hydrogen Bonded Polymer Blends