chapter 1 General Introduction to Plastics Analysis / chapter 2 Capillary Rheometry / chapter 3 Practical Uses of Differential Scanning Calorimetry for Plastics / chapter 4 Thermogravimetric Analysis of Polymers / chapter 5 Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity of Polymers / chapter 6 Thermomechanical and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis / chapter 7 Infrared and Raman Analysis of Polymers / chapter 8 Plastics Analysis by Gas Chromatography / chapter 9 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Polymeric Materials / chapter 10 Inorganic Analyses of Polymers / chapter 11 Liquid Chromatography of Polymers / chapter 12 Particle Size Measurement of Plastics and Polymers Using Laser Light Scattering.