Contributors.
Series Preface.
Preface.
About the Editors.
I: INTRODUCTION TO STYRENIC POLYMERS.
Historical Overview of Styrenic Polymers (J. Scheirs).
Polystyrene and Styrene Copolymers - An Overview (N. Niessner
and H. Gausepohl)
II: PREPARATION OF STYRENIC POLYMERS.
Commercial Processes for the Manufacture of Polystyrene (B. J.
Meister and C. J. Cummings)
Approaches to Low Residual Polystyrene (D. B. Priddy).
Process Modelling and Optimization of Styrene Polymerization (J.
Gao, K. D. Hungenberg and A. Penlidis).
Living Free Radical Polymerization of Styrene (A. Butte,
G. Storti and M. Morbidelli).
Increasing Production Rates of High MW Polystyrene (B. Matthews
and D. B. Priddy).
Preparation of Styrene Block Copolymers Using Nitroxide Mediated
Polymerization (D. B. Priddy.).
III: MAJOR CLASSES OF STYRENIC POLYMERS.
Particle Foam Based on Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) (R.-D. Klodt
and B. Gougeon).
Rigid Polystyrene Foams and Alternative Blowing Agents (K. W.
Suh and A. N. Paquet).
Polystyrene Packaging Applications: Foam Sheet and Oriented
Sheet (G. C. Welsh).
Preparation, Properties and Applications of High-impact
Polystyrene (M. F. Martin, J. P. Viola and J. R. Wuensch).
Key Structural Features Impacting SAN Copolymer Performance (R.
P. Dion and R. L. Sammler).
Rubber Particle Formation in Mass ABS (G. Bouquet).
High Heat Resistant ABS Technology (R. Vanspeybroeck, R. P. Dion
and J. M. Ceraso).
Synthesis, Properties and Applications of
Acrylonitrile-Styrene-Acrylate Polymers (G. E. McKee, A.
Kistenmacher, H. Goerrissen and M. Breulmann).
IV: SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE.
Synthesis of Syndiotactic Polystyrene (N. Tomotsu, M. Malanga
and J. Schellenberg).
Characterization, Properties and Applications of Syndiotactic
Polystyrene (K. Yamasaki, N. Tomotsu and M. Malanga).
Rubber Modification of Syndiotactic Polystyrene (G. E. McKee, F.
Ramsteiner and W. Heckmann).
Polymeric Blends Based on Syndiotactic Polystyrene (L. Abis, R.
Braglia, G. Giannotta and R. Pò).
V: STYRENIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS.
Styrenic Block Copolymer Elastomers (R. C. Bening, W. H. Korcz
and D. L. Handlin, Jr).
Preparation, Properties and Applications of High Styrene Content
Styrene-Butadiene Copolymers (D. L. Hartsock and N. E. Stacy).
VI: NOVEL POLYSTYRENES.
Hydrogenated Polystyrene: Preparation and Properties (S. F.
Hahn).
Branched Polystyrene (K. Koppi and D. B. Priddy).
'Super Polystyrene' - Styrene-Diphenylethylene Copolymers (G. E.
McKee, F. Ramsteiner, W. Heckmann and H. Gausepohl).
Ethylene-Styrene Copolymers (Y. W. Cheung and M. J. Guest).
VII: PROPERTIES OF STYRENIC POLYMERS.
Fracture Behaviour of High-impact Polystyrene and
Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (T. Vu-Khanh).
Dynamic Mechanical Behaviour of Atactic Polystyrene, High-impact
Polystyrene and Other Styrenic Polymers (S. N. Goyanes and G. H.
Rubiolo).
Flame-retardant Polystyrene: Theory and Practice (B. King).
Photochemical Degradation of Styrenic Polymers (B. Mailhot, A.
Rivaton and J. L. Gardette).
Analysis and Levels of Styrene Dimers and Trimers in Polystyrene
Food Containers (H. Sakamoto).
Index.