Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1 Pyrolysis - Gas Chromatography -- 1.1 Discussion of Technique and Equipment -- 1.2 Applications, Homopolymers -- 1.2.1 Polypropylene -- 1.2.2 Determination of Degree of Cure of Rubber -- 1.2.3 Polybutadiene -- 1.2.4 Polyacrylates and Polymethacrylates -- 1.2.5 Polyethylene Oxide -- 1.2.6 Polysulfi des -- 1.2.7 Silicon Containing Polymers -- 1.2.8 Miscellaneous Polymers -- 1.3 Copolymer Applications -- 1.3.1 Determination of Unsaturation in Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Terpolymers -- 1.3.2 Acrylate and Methacrylate Based Copolymers -- 1.3.3 Styrene-based Copolymers -- 1.3.4 Vinyl Chloride-Vinylidene Chloride Copolymers -- 1.3.5 Comonomer Units in Polyhexafluoropropylene-Vinylidiene Chloride Copolymers -- 1.3.6 Acrylonitrile-butadiene -- 1.3.7 Miscellaneous Copolymers -- References -- 2 Complementary Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-FT-IR -- 2.1 Theory -- 2.2 Instrumentation -- 2.3 Applications -- 2.3.1 Copolymers -- References -- 3 Complementary Pyrolysis - Mass Spectrometry -- 3.1 Applications -- 3.1.1 Polyurethane -- 3.1.2 Polyacrylamide -- 3.1.3 Miscellaneous Polymers -- References -- 4 Complementary Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry -- 4.1 Homopolymers -- 4.1.1 Polyacrylates -- 4.1.2 Chlorinated Polyethylene -- 4.1.3 Polyimide Synthesised from (4,4′-Hexafluoroisopropylidene) diphthalic Dianhydride (DTG) and an Unfluorinated Polyamide 4,4′-diamino diphenyl Methane -- 4.1.4 Polypyrrol -- 4.1.5 Miscellaneous Homopolymers -- 4.2 Copolymers -- 4.2.1 Ethylene - Carbon Monoxide -- 4.2.2 Ethylene-vinyl Cyclohexane -- 4.2.3 Styrene Maleic Anhydride -- 4.2.4 Miscellaneous Copolymers -- References -- 5 Reaction Gas Chromatography Techniques -- 5.1 Hydrolysis Gas Chromatography -- 5.1.1 Saponification Methods -- 5.1.2 Zeisel Procedures -- 5.2 Alkali Fusion -- 5.2.1 Determination of Alkyl and Aryl Groups.

5.2.2 Determination of Amide and Imide Groups in Polyamides, Polyimides, and Polyamides/Imides -- 5.3 Simultaneous Pyrolysis Derivatisation -- 5.4 Prepyrolysis Derivatistion -- References -- 6 Sequencing of Homopolymers -- 6.1 Sequencing in Polyethylene -- 6.2 Sequences in Polypropylene -- 6.3 Sequences in Polyisoprene -- 6.4 Sequences in Polystyrene -- 6.5 Sequencing in Polybutadiene -- 6.6 Sequences in Polyurethanes -- 6.7 Sequences in Polydimethylsiloxane -- 6.8 Sequences in Polypropylene Glycols -- 6.9 Sequences in Polyvinylchloride (PVC) -- 6.10 Sequencing in Miscellaneous Homopolymers -- References -- 7 Sequencing in Copolymers -- 7.1 Olefinic Copolymers -- 7.1.1 Ethylene Propylene -- 7.1.2 Ethylene-1-butene -- 7.1.3 Ethylene-1-hexene -- 7.1.4 Butene-propylene -- 7.1.5 Ethylene-methyl Acrylate, Ethylene-methylmethacrylate -- 7.1.6 Ethylene-vinyl Chloride -- 7.1.7 Butadiene-propylene -- 7.1.8 Miscellaneous Olefinic Copolymers -- 7.2 Styrene Copolymers -- 7.2.1 Styrene-butadiene -- 7.2.2 Styrene Acrylate and Styrene Acrylic Acid -- 7.2.3 Styrene-methyl Acrylate -- 7.2.4 Styrene-methyl Methacrylate -- 7.2.5 Styrene-n-butyl Acrylate -- 7.2.6 Styrene-methacrylate Copolymers -- 7.2.7 Methylmethacrylate - α-trifluoro-methacrylic Acid -- 7.2.8 Styrene-methacrylonitrile -- 7.2.8 Butadiene-methylmethacrylate -- 7.3 Vinyl Acetate Copolymers -- 7.3.1 Ethylene-vinyl Acetate -- 7.3.2 Vinyl Acetate-methyl Acrylate -- 7.4 Acrylonitrile and Methacrylonitrile Containing Copolymers -- 7.4.1 Acrylonitrile-ethylmethacrylate -- 7.4.2 Methacrylonitrile-methyl Methacrylate -- 7.4.3 Acrylonitrile Methyl Acrylate -- 7.4.4 Acrylonitrile-butyl Acrylate -- 7.4.5 Acrylonitrile-methyl Methacrylate -- 7.4.6 Methacrylonitrile-vinylidene Cyanide (MAA-VCN) and Cyano-vinyl Acetate-vinylidene Cyanide (CVA-VCN) -- 7.5 Acrylate and Methacrylate Copolymers.

7.5.1 Methyl Acrylate - N-vinyl Carbazole -- 7.5.2 Ethylmethacrylate - Methyl Methacrylate -- 7.6 Polyacrylamide - Acryloyloxyethyltrimethyl Ammonium Chloride (CMA) and Polyacrylamide - Methacryl - Oyloxyethyltrimethyl-ammonium Chloride (CMM) -- 7.7 Vinyl Chloride - Vinylidene Chloride -- 7.8 Ethylene Oxide Containing Copolymers -- 7.8.1 Polyacetal - Ethylene Oxide -- 7.8.2 Ethylene Oxide - Propylene Oxide -- 7.9 Polybutadiene - Acrylonitrile - Methacrylic Acid Terpolymers -- 7.10 Polydimethyl Siloxane - Urethane -- 7.11 Sequences in Miscellaneous Copolymers -- References -- 8 Stereoisomerism and Tacticity -- 8.1 Tacticity of Polypropylene -- 8.2 Tacticity of Syndiotactic Polystyrene -- 8.3 Tacticity of Polyvinylchloride -- 8.4 Tacticity of Poly(n-butyl Methacrylate) -- 8.5 Tacticity of Poly(1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene) -- 8.5.1 Stereoregularity of Polymethyl Methacrylate -- 8.6 Tacticity of Polypropylene Oxide -- 8.7 Tacticity of Polymethylacrylonitrile -- 8.8 Tacticity of Other Miscellaneous Polymers -- References -- 9 Regioisomerism -- 9.1 Polypropylene Homopolymer -- 9.2 Polypropylene-1-Ethylene Copolymer -- 9.3 Polybutadiene-1-Ethylene Copolymer -- 9.4 Poly-2,3-dimethyl Butadiene -- 9.5 Polybutadiene -- 9.6 Polyisoprene -- 9.7 Polypropylene Glycols -- 9.8 Polyepichlorohydrin -- 9.9 Other Polymers -- References -- 10 Branching -- 10.1 Branching in Polyethylene -- 10.1.1 Methyl Branching in Polyethylene -- 10.1.2 Ethyl and Higher Alkyl Groups Branching in Polyethylene -- 10.1.3 Size Exclusion Chromatography and Multiangle Laser Light Scattering (SEC-MALLS) -- 10.2 Branching in Olefi n Copolymers -- 10.2.1 Ethylene-propylene Copolymer -- 10.2.2 Branching in Ethylene - Higher Olefi n Copolymers -- 10.2.3 Branching in Ethylene-propylene Diene Terpolymers -- 10.3 Branching in 1-polybutene -- 10.4 Branching in Polyisoprene.

10.5 Branching in Polystyrene -- 10.6 Branching in Polyvinylchloride -- 10.7 Branching in Polyvinyl Fluoride -- 10.8 Branching in Polysaccharide Biopolymers -- 10.9 Branching in Miscellaneous Polymers -- References -- 11 Block Copolymers -- References -- 12 Types of Unsaturation -- 12.1 Unsaturation in Homopolymers -- 12.1.1 Polybutadiene Unsaturation -- 12.1.2 Polyisoprene Unsaturation -- 12.1.3 Polyethylene Unsaturation -- 12.1.4 Polypropylene Unsaturation -- 12.2 Unsaturation in Copolymers -- 12.2.1 Styrene-divinyl Benzene -- 12.2.2 Polytrimethylolpropane Tri-methacrylate (TRIM) -- 12.2.3 Miscellaneous Copolymers -- 12.3 Ozonolysis Techniques -- References -- 13 Determination of End-groups -- 13.1 Polypropylene Oxide -- 13.2 Polystyrene -- 13.3 Polyethylene -- 13.4 Polyethylene Terephthalate -- 13.5 Polyisobuylene -- 13.5.1 Tert-chlorine Terminated Polyisobutylene -- 13.5.2 Olefi n-Terminated Polyisobutylene -- 13.5.3 Hydroxyl-Terminated Polyisobutylene -- 13.6 Polymethylmethacrylate -- 13.6.1 MALDI-ToF-MS -- 13.6.2 Dye Partition Methods -- 13.7 Terminal Epoxides -- 13.8 Poly(2,6-dimethyl 1,4 Phenylene Oxide) -- 13.9 Miscellaneous End-groups -- References -- Abbreviations -- Subject Index.