Spectroscopy of Polymers
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Author(s): J. L. Koenig
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0 444 10031 8
Format: hardback
491pp
Price: NLG310
Review Date: 23 May 2000
Review: This revised and updated edition covers the basic aspects and experimental applications of the primary spectroscopic methods. The advantages and disadvantages of the various techniques are discussed, empowering the reader with sufficient knowledge to determine how the available techniques could be used to solve a particular problem. The book begins by presenting the theory of polymer characterisation. The next chapters describe specific methods: vibrational spectroscopy; IR spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; high-resolution NMR spectroscopy; high-resolution solid-state spectroscopy; and mass spectrometry. This edition includes more details of Raman spectroscopy, which has become a more important tool for characterisation of polymers as low-frequency lasers have improved so Raman spectroscopy excited in the IR frequency range can be used to minimise the effect of fluorescence. The applications of solution NMR chapter has been expanded to reflect the recent advances made using the higher applied magnetic field. A new chapter has been included to describe mass spectrometry and reflect its increasing importance in polymer characterisation.