Content:
Dedication, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages xi-xiii
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION, Pages 1-15
CHAPTER 2 - RADIATION UNITS, Pages 16-24
CHAPTER 3 - INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER, Pages 25-28,28a-28d,29-51
CHAPTER 4 - NUCLEAR SOURCES OF RADIATION, Pages 52-74
CHAPTER 5 - ELECTRICAL SOURCES OF RADIATION, Pages 75-95
CHAPTER 6 - DOSIMETRY, Pages 96-111
CHAPTER 7 - LONG CHAIN POLYMERS, Pages 112-126
CHAPTER 8 - MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION, Pages 127-133
CHAPTER 9 - THE PROPERTIES OF A CROSSLINKED NETWORK, Pages 134-158
CHAPTER 10 - THEORY OF POLYMER DEGRADATION, Pages 159-169
CHAPTER 11 - ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF NETWORK FORMATION, Pages 170-181
CHAPTER 12 - RADIATION-INDUCED CHANGES IN ORGANIC MOLECULES, Pages 182-197
CHAPTER 13 - POLYETHYLENE, Pages 198-216,216a,217-257
CHAPTER 14 - RUBBER, Pages 258-283
CHAPTER 15 - POLYSTYRENE, Pages 284-296
CHAPTER 16 - SILICONES, Pages 297-311
CHAPTER 17 - OTHER CROSSLINKING POLYMERS, Pages 312-324
CHAPTER 18 - POLYISOBUTYLENE, Pages 325-334
CHAPTER 19 - POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE, Pages 335-340,340a-340b,341-347
CHAPTER 20 - POLYTETRAFLUORETHYLENE (PTFE), Pages 348-358
CHAPTER 21 - CELLULOSE, Pages 359-367
CHAPTER 22 - POLYMERIZATION, Pages 368-394
CHAPTER 23 - GRAFT AND BLOCK COPOLYMERS, Pages 395-411
CHAPTER 24 - CURING OF UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESINS, Pages 412-425
CHAPTER 25 - IRRADIATION OF POLYMERS IN SOLUTION, Pages 426-440
CHAPTER 26 - REACTIONS OF IRRADIATED MOLECULES, Pages 441-454
CHAPTER 27 - RADICAL AND ION YIELD, Pages 455-466
CHAPTER 28 - MECHANISM OF CROSSLINKING AND DEGRADATION, Pages 467-491
CHAPTER 29 - RADIATION PROTECTION, Pages 492-512
CHAPTER 30 - CHANGES IN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY, Pages 513-520
CHAPTER 31 - USE OF POLYMERS IN NUCLEAR REACTORS, Pages 521-531
APPENDIX - THEORY OF NETWORK FORMATION BY RANDOM CROSSLINKING, Pages 532-536
NAME INDEX, Pages 537-547
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 549-556