初版1986年刊行以来、ポリマーの特質に関して、机上で最もよく参照されるレファレンス。最新情報を加え、大幅に内容を変更した10年振りの改訂版。This edition incorporates the latest developments in the field while maintaining the core objectives of previous editions: to correlate properties with chemical structure and to describe methods that permit the estimation and prediction of numerical properties from chemical structure, i.e. nearly all properties of the solid, liquid, and dissolved states of polymers. Extends coverage of critical topics such as electrical and magnetic properties, rheological properties of polymer melts, and environmental behavior and failue. Discusses liquid crystalline polymers across chapters 6, 15, and 16 for greater breadth and depth of coverage.