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Basics of Polymers: Materials and Synthesis is a major investigative tool in the design and synthesis of polymers in the modern academic and industrial fields. Materials and synthesis encompass a wide range of operations such as selection of monomer(s) and polymerization techniques for the synthesis of materials under various operating conditions. The design and synthesis of each process should therefore be based on specific features. This book highlights the diversity of approaches used in understanding polymer synthesis. This book is designed to be used as study materials for students, professionals, and professors that support their wide use on material and synthesis. It emphasizes the value of each relevant synthesis method and polymerization type, rather than complex mechanisms or the history of its development. An area of considerable interest in this book is polymer synthesis in terms of the relationship between the structure and function of monomer(s). This book is also directed toward postgraduate students and practicing engineers who wish to develop polymer synthesis.
About the author
Muralisrinivasan Natamai Subramanian is a plastic technology consultant specializing in materials, additives, and processing equipment, including troubleshooting. The author obtained his B.Sc in Chemistry from the Madurai Kamaraj University and his M.Sc (1988) in Polymer Technology from Bharathiar University. He received his Post Graduate Diploma in Plastics
Processing Technology from CIPET, Chennai. He has also completed his Doctors of Philosophy in Polymer Science from Madurai Kamaraj University.
He worked in the plastic process industry, mainly in R&D, for 13 years before turning to consultancy and building up an international client base. Muralisrinivasan conducts plastic processing seminars as well as serves as a Board of Studies Expert member of Colleges in India dealing with curriculum of technology subjects. He authored Update on troubleshooting
in Thermoforming in 2010, Update on troubleshooting PVC processing (Smithers Rapra), The basics of troubleshooting in plastics processing (Scrivener-Wiley Jointly), Update on troubleshooting in PVC Extrusion process (Smithers Rapra) and Plastics testing - New instrumental methods (Momentum Press).
