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CHAPTER 2. RADIATION UNITS
INTENSITY OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCES—THE CURIE
UNIT OF RADIATION FLUX—THE ROENTGEN AND REP
CHAPTER 3. INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER
DISTRIBUTION OF IONIZATION
CHAPTER 4. NUCLEAR SOURCES OF RADIATION
SHORT-LIVED GASEOUS FISSION PRODUCTS
SEPARATED FISSION PRODUCTS
RADIOACTIVE COBALT AND TANTALUM
CHAPTER 5. ELECTRICAL SOURCES OF RADIATION
VOLTAGE MULTIPLIER CIRCUITS
LINEAR ELECTRON ACCELERATORS
FERROUS SULPHATE AS A SECONDARY STANDARD
OTHER CHEMICAL DOSIMETERS
CHAPTER 7. LONG CHAIN POLYMERS
STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS IN HOMOPOLYMERS
STRUCTURAL VARIATION IN COPOLYMERS
CHAPTER 8. MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION
DEFINITION OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION
CHAPTER 9. THE PROPERTIES OF A CROSSLINKED NETWORK
INCREASE IN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT D U ETO CROSSLINKING
CHANGES BELOW THE GEL POINT (δ<1)
DOSE FOR INCIPIENT GELATION
EFFECT OF CROSSLINKING ON ELASTIC PROPERTIES
SWELLING OF CROSSLINKED POLYMERS
CHAPTER 10. THEORY OF POLYMER DEGRADATION
REDUCTION IN NUMBER AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT
INITIALLY RANDOM DISTRIBUTION
CHANGES IN INTRINSIC VISCOSITY
CHAPTER 11. ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF NETWORK FORMATION
SIMULTANEOUS CROSSLINKING AND DEGRADATION
NETWORK FORMATION AS A CHAIN REACTION
CHAPTER 12. RADIATION-INDUCED CHANGES IN ORGANIC MOLECULES
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
CROSSLINKING OF UNVULCANIZED RUBBER
IRRADIATION OF CURED RUBBERS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF RADIATION - CURED RUBBER
CHAPTER 17. OTHER CROSSLINKING POLYMERS
POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
CHAPTER 18. POLYISOBUTYLENE
CHAPTER 19. POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE
CHAPTER 20. POLYTETRAFLUORETHYLENE (PTFE)
POLYMONOCHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE
CHAPTER 22. POLYMERIZATION
RADIATION AS AN INITIATOR OF POLYMERIZATION
FACTORS AFFECTING POLYMERIZATION RATE
KINETICS OF RADIATION POLYMERIZATION
POLYMERIZATION IN A SOLVENT
POLYMERIZATION IN THE SOLID STATE
CHAPTER 23. GRAFT AND BLOCK COPOLYMERS
GRAFTING FROM MONOMER AND FROM SOLUTION
EFFECT OF RADIATION INTENSITY
GRAFTING AND CRYSTALLINITY
COMPARISON OF POLYMERIZATION AND GRAFTING
CHAPTER 24. CURING OF UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESINS
NETWORK FORMATION BY A CHAIN REACTION
COMPARISON OF RADIATION AND THERMAL CURE
KINETICS OF NETWORK FORMATION IN POLYESTERS
REACTIONS OF UNSATURATED POLYESTERS
ADVANTAGES OF RADIATION CURE
CHAPTER 25. IRRADIATION OF POLYMERS IN SOLUTION
DEGRADATION IN DILUTE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
EFFECT OF POLYMER CONCENTRATION IN AQUEOUS SOLVENTS
DEGRADATION IN ORGANIC SOLVENTS
MECHANISM OF POLYMER REACTIONS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION
CHAPTER 26. REACTIONS OF IRRADIATED MOLECULES
BEHAVIOUR OF THE EXCITED MOLECULE
BEHAVIOUR OF THE IONIZED MOLECULE
FATE OF THE FREE ELECTRON
REACTION OF IONS AND MOLECULES
CHAPTER 27. RADICAL AND ION YIELD
MEASUREMENT OF RADICAL YIELD
EFFECT OF CONCENTRATION AND INTENSITY
EXPERIMENTAL G VALUES FOR RADICAL PRODUCTION
COMPARISON WITH PHOTOCHEMISTRY
MEASUREMENT OF IONIC YIELD
CHAPTER 28. MECHANISM OF CROSSLINKING AND DEGRADATION
THEORIES OF REACTION MECHANISMS IN POLYMERS
CHAPTER 29. RADIATION PROTECTION
INTERNAL RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIATION PROTECTION AGAINST DEGRADATION
PROTECTION AGAINST CROSSLINKING
PROTECTION IN CURING OF UNSATURATED POLYESTERS
MECHANISMS OF RADIATION PROTECTION
CHAPTER 30. CHANGES IN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
CHAPTER 31. USE OF POLYMERS IN NUCLEAR REACTORS
USE OF POLYMERS IN NUCLEAR REACTORS