chapter 1 STRUCTURAL CONSIDERATIONS/WHY MATERIALS DIFFER -- chapter 2 MORPHOLOGY OF MATERIALS, THERMODYNAMICS, AND RELATIONSHIP TO PROPERTIES -- chapter 3 POLYMER ORIENTATION AND RUBBER ELASTICITY -- chapter 4 EFFECTIVE USE OF SPREADSHEETS FOR SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS AND ESTIMATION OF MATERIALS PROPERTIES AND MISCIBILITY -- chapter 5 POLYMER PROPERTY ESTIMATION AND ESTIMATED PROPERTIES OF SELECTED POLYMERS -- chapter 6 MOLECULAR FORCES AND VOLUMETRIC PROPERTIES -- chapter 7 CALORIMETRIC PROPERTIES -- chapter 8 STRUCTURE/TRANSlTlON TEMPERATURE RELATIONSHIPS -- chapter 9 COHESIVE PROPERTIES AND SOLUBILITY PARAMETER CONCEPTS -- chapter 10 INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES -- chapter 11 SOLUTION PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS -- chapter 12 OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS -- chapter 13 ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES -- chapter 14 MAGNETIC PROPERTIES -- chapter 15 VlSCOELASTlClTY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES -- chapter 16 ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES -- chapter 17 RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMER MELTS -- chapter 18 TRANSFER PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS -- chapter 19 FORMATION AND DECOMPOSITION PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS -- chapter 20 PROCESSING OF THERMOPLASTICS -- chapter 21 MISCIBILITY AND ESTIMATION OF POLYMER BLENDS MISCIBILITY -- chapter 22 COMPOSITES: CONCEPTS AND PROPERTIES.