{"product_id":"polymerization-engineering-handbook-edward-h-miller-9798194976584","title":"Polymerization Engineering Handbook: Mechanisms, Reactor Design, Characterization, and Scale-Up for Chemical and Materials Professionals","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost chemical engineers meet polymerization exactly once in their formal education, usually as a single elective between a reactor design course built on simple kinetics and a separations course that never explains what happens when a reaction mixture has the viscosity of cold honey. Then they take a job at a polymer producer or materials manufacturer and discover that the reactor in front of them does not behave like the textbook models from their coursework: molecular weight drifts off target, a batch approaches gelation faster than the recipe predicted, and a scale-up behaves nothing like the bench data promised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is where general chemical engineering training ends and polymer-specific engineering judgment has to begin, and it is exactly the gap this handbook closes. It assumes a working command of core reaction engineering, transport phenomena, and thermodynamics, and builds forward through four progressive stages: the polymer chemistry and mechanistic foundation, process modes and reactor configuration, the thermal, mixing, control, and characterization challenges unique to viscous polymerizing systems, and finally scale-up, process safety, industrial case studies, troubleshooting, and quality systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorking through this handbook, you will learn to\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassify an unfamiliar polymerization as step-growth or chain-growth and understand what that means for conversion behavior, stoichiometric sensitivity, and reactor configuration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign and size batch, semi-batch, and continuous polymerization reactors, including feed-profile strategy and cycle-time considerations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect and evaluate catalyst and initiator systems, including controlled and living polymerization techniques used to engineer precise molecular architectures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManage the heat- and mass-transfer breakdown that occurs, and select appropriate mixing strategies, as a reacting system's viscosity climbs by orders of magnitude over a batch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterpret molecular weight, rheological, and thermal characterization data as an integrated strategy rather than isolated numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry a lab or pilot-scale process through a structured scale-up and technology-transfer methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApply an evidence-based troubleshooting framework to production deviations, informed by industrial case studies spanning major commercial polymer families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handbook covers monomer functionality and architecture; step-growth and chain-growth kinetics; molecular weight distribution statistics; catalyst and initiator systems; controlled and living polymerization methods; copolymerization and composition control; emulsion, suspension, solution, and bulk process modes; batch and continuous reactor design; heat transfer in viscous systems; mixing and devolatilization; process control and instrumentation; molecular weight and rheological characterization; scale-up and technology transfer; process safety and relief-system design; industrial case studies; troubleshooting frameworks; and sustainability engineering. Four quick-reference appendices, a glossary, and a list of symbols support its use as an ongoing desk reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is written for process engineers newly assigned to a polymerization unit, R\u0026amp;D engineers weighing the reactor implications of a chemistry decision, technical professionals preparing for expanded manufacturing responsibility, and advanced students who have completed core reactor design coursework and want a structured bridge into industrial practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake the next step toward genuine polymerization process competence. Open this handbook and start building the reactor-specific judgment that a general chemical engineering education does not provide on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward H. Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798194976584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.99d","brand":"Edward H. Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50847557910783,"sku":"9798194976584","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/polymerization-engineering-handbook-edward-h-miller-9798194976584","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}