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Preface to First Edition
This book focuses on high performance polymers. The
text is arranged according to chemical constitution of the
polymers. The most recent developments in the art spanning
roughly the last 10 years are reviewed.
Each chapter follows the same template. In the introductory
comments of each chapter a brief introduction to the polymer
type is given and earlier monographs and reviews dealing with
the topic are listed for quick reference. The text continues
with monomers, polymerization and fabrication techniques
and discusses aspects of application. After this, suppliers and
commercial grades are collected, as well as safety ...