本书是高职高专高分子材料专业的专业英语教材。全书共分为六大部分(PART A~PART F),内容包括高分子材料的基本知识(Introduction),塑料加工中的助剂(Plastics Additives)和各种树脂(Resins),橡胶加工中的配合剂(Rubber Compounding Ingredients)和各种生胶(Raw Rubber)以及高分子材料的成型加工(Polymer Processing)。书后附有高分子材料专业名词术语的解释(Glossary of Polymer Engineering)。
本书为高分子材料类专业师生使用教材,也可供从事高分子材料加工及应用的专业技术人员参考。

PART A Introduction
UNIT 1Polymer
Reading MaterialThe rise of polymer science
UNIT 2Synthesis
Reading MaterialTechniques of polymerization
UNIT 3Plastics,rubber and fiber
Reading MaterialThe general properties of plastics
PART BPlastics Additives
UNIT 1Heat stabilizers
Reading MaterialOrganic stabilizers emerge as options to lead for pipe
UNIT 2Plasticizers
Reading MaterialPVC additives(1)
UNIT 3Lubricants
Reading MaterialPVC additives(2)
PART CResins
UNIT 1Polyethylene
Reading MaterialHigh density polyethylene
UNIT 2Polypropylene
Reading MaterialNanometer plastic
UNIT 3Polyvinyl Chloride
Reading MaterialWhat is PVC?(1)
UNIT 4Polystyrene
Reading MaterialWhat is PVC?(2)
UNIT 5Phenolics
Reading MaterialFuture 15 years in prospect of chemical construction materia
UNIT 6Epoxy Resins
Reading MaterialPlastics and the environment:A level playing field at last
PART DRubber Compounding Ingredients
UNIT 1General Introduction to Rubber Compounding
Reading MaterialImportance of rubber
UNIT 2Rubbers
Reading MaterialOther types of rubbers
UNIT 3Vulcanizing system
Reading MaterialOther types of vulcanizing agents
UNIT 4Antidegradants
Reading MaterialThe Ageing of Rubber Vulcanizates
UNIT 5Fillers
Reading MaterialIRHD and Shore A scales
Silica used in tires
PART ERaw Rubber
UNIT 1Natural rubber
Reading MaterialNatural rubber(polyisoprene)
UNIT 2Butadiene rubber
Reading MaterialDifference of NR and IR
UNIT 3ESBR
Reading MaterialPolymerization of ESBR
UNIT 4Acrylonitrilebutadiene rubber
Reading MaterialGeneral types of NBR
UNIT 5Chloroprene Rubber
Reading MaterialRubber compounding rules(1)
UNIT 6Butyl Rubber
Reading MaterialRubber compounding rules(2)
UNIT 7EthylenePropylene Rubber
Reading MaterialSurface bloom of rubber
PART FPolymer Processing
UNIT 1Extrusion
Reading MaterialExtrusion
UNIT 2Molding
Reading MaterialRotational,fluidizedbed and slush molding
UNIT 3Rubber processing
Reading MaterialProcessing Rubber
Appendix
Appendix ⅠThe nomenclature of synthetic elastomers
Appendix ⅡAcronyms of polymers
Appendix ⅢGlossary of polymer engineering
Vocabulary
Bibliography