1 INTRODUCTION 2 TYPES OF POLYMERS 3 MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF POLYMERS 4 POLYMER MORPHOLOGY 5 CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT 6 THERMAL TRANSITIONS IN POLYMERS 7 POLYMER SOLUBILITY AND SOLUTIONS 8 STEP-GROWTH(CONDENSATION)POLYMERIZATION 9 FREE-RADICAL ADDITION(CHAIN-GROWTH) POLYMERIZATION 10 ADVANCED POLYMERIZATION METHODS 11 COPOLYMERIZATION 12 POLYMERIZATION PRACTICE 13 RUBBER ELASTICITY 14 INTRODUCTION TO VISCOUS FLOW AND THE RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF POLYMERS 15 LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY 16 POLYMER MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 17 PROCESSING 18 POLYMER APPLICATIONS:PLASTICS AND PLASTIC ADDITIVES 19 POLYMER APPLICATIONS:RUBBERS AND THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS 20 POLYMER APPLICATIONS:SYNTHETIC FIBERS 21 POLYMER APPLICATIONS:SURFACE FINISHES AND COATINGS 22 POLYMER APPLICATIONS:ADHESIVES