Title page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- In-Polymer Spectroscopic Analysis of Additives -- Direct Ultraviolet/Visible Spectrophotometry -- Vapour-phase Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrometry -- Solid-state Vibrational Spectroscopies -- Mid-infrared Spectroscopic Analysis -- Near-infrared Spectroscopy -- Raman Spectroscopic Techniques -- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy -- Emission Spectroscopy -- Infrared Emission Spectroscopy -- Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy -- Phosphorescence Spectroscopy -- Chemiluminescence -- Nuclear Spectroscopies -- Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy -- Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance -- Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy -- Mössbauer Spectroscopy -- Dielectric Loss Spectroscopy -- Ultrasonic Spectroscopy -- Bibliography -- General Spectroscopy -- Direct UV/VIS Spectrophotometry -- Infrared Spectroscopy -- Near-infrared Spectroscopy -- Raman Spectroscopy -- Photoacoustics -- Emission Spectroscopy -- NMR Spectroscopy -- Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy -- Dielectric Spectroscopy -- Polymer Characterisation -- References -- Polymer/Additive Analysis by Thermal Methods -- Thermal Analysis Techniques -- Differential Scanning Calorimetry -- Differential Thermal Analysis -- Thermogravimetric Analysis -- Simultaneous Thermal Analysis Methods -- (Multi)hyphenated Thermal Analysis Techniques -- Thermal Microscopy -- Thermoluminescence -- Pyrolysis Techniques -- Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography -- Pyrolysis-Mass Spectrometry -- Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry -- Pyrolysis-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy -- Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy -- Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Atomic Emission Detection -- Temperature-programmed Pyrolysis -- Thermal Volatilisation and Desorption Techniques -- Thermal Separation Techniques.

Direct Solid Sampling Techniques for Gas Chromatography -- Thermal Desorption-Mass Spectrometric Techniques -- Bibliography -- ThermalAnalysis -- Pyrolysis -- Thermal Desorption -- References -- Lasers in Polymer/Additive Analysis -- Lasers -- Laser Ablation -- Laser Ablation - Plasma Source Spectrometry -- Laser Spectroscopy -- Laser-induced Atomic and Molecular Fluorescence Spectrometry -- Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy -- Laser Desorption/Ionisation Methods -- Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry -- Laser Ionisation -- Decoupled Laser Desorption/Ionisation -- Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionisation -- Laser Microprobe Mass Spectrometry -- Laser Pyrolysis -- Bibliography -- Lasers -- Laser Ablation -- Laser Spectroscopy/Spectrometry -- Laser-induced Chemistry -- Laser Safety -- References -- Surface Analytical Techniques for Polymer/Additive Formulations -- Electron Spectroscopy -- Auger Electron Spectroscopy -- X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy -- Surface Mass Spectrometry -- Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry -- Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry -- Ion Scattering Techniques -- Low-energy Ion Scattering -- Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy -- Bibliography -- SurfaceCharacterisation -- Electron Spectroscopy -- Surface Mass Spectrometry -- Ion Scattering Techniques -- References -- Microscopy and Microanalysis of Polymer/Additive Formulations -- Chemical Microanalysis -- Microscopy and Imaging Techniques -- Light Microscopy -- Conventional Optical Microscopy -- Ultraviolet Microscopy -- Fluorescence Microscopy -- Confocal and Laser Microscopy -- Electron Microscopy -- Scanning Electron Microscopy -- Transmission Electron Microscopy -- Analytical Electron Microscopy -- Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques -- Atomic Force Microscopy -- Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy -- Scanning Kelvin Microscopy.

Microspectroscopic Imaging of Additives -- UV/Visible Microspectroscopy -- Infrared Microspectroscopy and Imaging -- Laser-Raman Microprobe and Microscopy -- Fluorescence and Luminescence Imaging -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Electron Spin Resonance Imaging -- X-ray Microscopy and Microspectroscopy -- X-ray Microradiography -- Scanning X-ray Microscopy -- X-ray Microfluorescence -- Micro X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy -- Ion Imaging of Additives -- Laser-microprobe Mapping -- Imaging Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry -- Bibliography -- Light Microscopy -- Electron Microscopy -- Scanning Probe Microscopy -- Near-field Optics -- Microbeam Analysis -- Microspectroscopy -- Imaging/Image Analysis -- Polymer Microscopy -- General -- References -- Quantitative Analysis of Additives in Polymers -- Sampling Procedures for Quantitative Analysis of Polymer/Additive Packages -- Quantitative Analysis of Mineral Filled Engineering Plastics -- Reverse Engineering of Cured Rubber Compounds -- Determination of Additive Blends in Polymers -- Quantitative Solvent and Thermal Extraction -- Extraction and Quantification of Polyolefin Additives -- Supercritical Fluid Extraction -- Quantification of Antioxidants in Polyolefins -- Determination of Plasticisers by Solvent and Thermal Extraction -- Oil-extended EPDM -- Migration Rates of Phthalate Esters from Soft PVC Products -- Quantitative Chromatographic Methods -- Quantitative Gas Chromatography -- Quantitative Liquid Chromatography -- Quantitative Supercritical Fluid Chromatography -- Quantitative Thin-layer Chromatography -- Quantitative Spectroscopic Techniques -- Quantitative Ultraviolet/Visible Spectrophotometry -- Quantitative Fluorescence Spectroscopy -- Quantitative Infrared Spectroscopy -- Quantitative Near-infrared Spectroscopy -- Quantitative Raman Spectroscopy.

Quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods -- Quantitative Mass Spectrometric Techniques -- Quantitative Surface Analysis Techniques -- Quantitative Microscopy -- Bibliography -- General Quantitative Analysis -- Sampling -- Chromatography -- Spectroscopy -- Mass Spectrometry -- Surface Analysis -- Chemometric Techniques -- References -- Process Analytics -- In-process Analysers -- Process Spectroscopy -- Remote Spectroscopy -- Process Electronic Spectroscopy -- Mid-infrared Process Analysis of Polymer Formulations -- Near-infrared Spectroscopic Process Analysis -- Process Raman Spectroscopy -- Process Nuclear Magnetic Resonance -- Acoustic Emission Technology -- Real-time Dielectric Spectroscopy -- Process Chromatography -- In Situ Elemental Analysis -- Bibliography -- Process Analytical Chemistry -- Process Spectroscopy -- Process Data Analysis -- References -- Modern Analytical Method Development and Validation -- Status of Existing Methods for Polymer/Additive Analysis -- In-polymer Additive Analysis: Method Development and Optimisation -- Certified Reference Materials -- Analytical Method Validation Approaches -- Analytical Performance Parameters -- Interlaboratory Collaborative Studies -- Validation of Antioxidant Migration Testing -- Total Validation Process -- Software/Hardware Validation/Qualification -- System Suitability -- Rational Step-by-step Method Development and Validation for Polymer/Additive Analysis -- Bibliography -- Method Development and Validation -- Reference Materials -- References -- List of Symbols -- Acronyms of Techniques -- Chemical Nomenclature -- Polymers and Products -- Additives/Chemicals -- Physical and Mathematical Symbols -- Physical and Mathematical Greek Symbols -- General Abbreviations -- Subject Index.