Acetylene and Its Polymers : 150+ Years of History / Seth C. Rasmussen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rasmussen, Seth C., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in molecular science. History of chemistry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polyacetylenes--History.

Polyacetylenes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

System Details:

text file

PDF

Contents:

Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Saturated Gaseous Hydrocarbons; 1.2 Unsaturated Gaseous Hydrocarbons; 1.3 Polymerization of Unsaturated Gaseous Hydrocarbons; 1.4 Scope oftheCurrent Volume; References; 2 Acetylene; 2.1 Edmund Davy and Bicarburet of Hydrogen; 2.2 Marcelin Berthelot and Acetylene; 2.3 Thomas Willson and Acetylene from Calcium Carbide; References; 3 Cuprene; 3.1 Berthelot andtheInitial Polymerization of Acetylene; 3.2 Paul and Arnould Thenard andtheEffect of Electric Discharge onAcetylene

3.3 Additional Discharge Studies ofAcetylene3.4 Erdmann andPolymerization Over Copper; 3.5 Sabatier andCuprene; 3.6 Alexander andMore Studies ofAcetylene Over Copper; 3.7 Gooch andFurther Studies Over Copper Oxide; 3.8 Lozanić andaReturn toElectric Discharge; 3.9 Daniel Berthelot andUV Polymerization; 3.10 Kaufmann andDischarge Versus Thermal Polymerization; 3.11 Mund andPolymerization viaAlpha Particles; 3.12 Lind andthePolymerization ofAcetylene Under Various Conditions; 3.13 What Exactly Is Cuprene?; References; 4 Polyenes andPolyvinylenes; 4.1 Polyenes

4.1.1 Richard Kuhn andtheStudy of Conjugated Double Bonds4.1.2 Blout andtheSpectroscopy of Polyenes; 4.1.3 Bohlmann and Higher Dimethylpolyenes; 4.1.4 Unfunctionalized Polyenes; 4.2 Polyvinylenes; 4.2.1 Polyvinylenes from Poly(vinyl chloride); 4.2.2 Polyvinylenes from Poly(vinyl alcohol); References; 5 Polyacetylene; 5.1 Natta andthePolymerization of Acetylenes; 5.2 Additional Studies of Acetylene Polymerizations; 5.3 Masahiro Hatano; 5.4 Sakuji Ikeda; 5.5 Hideki Shirakawa and Polyacetylene Films; References; 6 Doped Polyacetylene; 6.1 Berets and Smith; 6.2 MacDiarmid, Heeger, and(SN)X

6.3 Development of Doped Polyacetylene Films6.4 Continued Study of Doped Polyacetylene Films; 6.5 Naarmann and Efforts toMaximize Conductivity; References; 7 2000 Nobel Prize inChemistry; 7.1 Details ofthe2000 Nobel Prize inChemistry; 7.2 What Is Discovery?; 7.3 Legacy; References; Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 25, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Rasmussen, Seth C. Acetylene and Its Polymers.

ISBN:

9783319954899

331995489X

Publisher Number:

99991419345

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