1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459005003321

Autore

Lavender Isiah

Titolo

Race in American Science Fiction [[electronic resource] /] / Isiah Lavender III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-253-00513-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

813/.0876209355

Soggetti

Race in literature

Science fiction, American - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: mapping the Blackground -- Racing science fiction -- Meta-slavery -- Jim Crow extrapolations -- Ailments of race -- Ethnoscapes -- Technologically derived ethnicities -- Epilogue: science fictioning race.

Sommario/riassunto

Noting that science fiction is characterized by an investment in the                proliferation of racial difference, Isiah Lavender III argues that racial alterity                is fundamental to the genre's narrative strategy. Race in American Science Fiction                offers a systematic classification of ways that race appears and how it is silenced                in science fiction, while developing a critical vocabulary designed to focus                attention on often-overlooked racial implications. These focused readings of science                fiction contextualize race



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911020047103321

Titolo

Thermal analysis of polymers : fundamentals and applications / / edited by Joseph D. Menczel, R. Bruce Prime

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, c2009

ISBN

9786612113031

9781118995990

1118995996

9781282113039

1282113038

9780470423837

0470423838

9780470423776

0470423773

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (700 p.)

Classificazione

VE 8000

VG 7100

VN 5520

ZM 5100

Altri autori (Persone)

MenczelJoseph D

PrimeR. Bruce

Disciplina

543

547

547.7

547/.7046

Soggetti

Polymers - Analysis

Thermal analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THERMAL ANALYSIS OF POLYMERS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (DSC); 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Elements of Thermodynamics in DSC; 2.3. The Basics of Differential Scanning Calorimetry; 2.4. Purity Determination of Low-Molecular-Mass Compounds by DSC; 2.5. Calibration of Differential



Scanning Calorimeters; 2.6. Measurement of Heat Capacity; 2.7. Phase Transitions in Amorphous and Crystalline Polymers; 2.8. Fibers; 2.9. Films; 2.10. Thermosets; 2.11. Differential Photocalorimetry (DPC); 2.12. Fast-Scan DSC

2.13. Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry (MTDSC)2.14. How to Perform DSC Measurements; 2.15. Instrumentation; Appendix; Abbreviations; References; 3 THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS (TGA); 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Background Principles and Measurement Modes; 3.3. Calibration and Reference Materials; 3.4. Measurements and Analyses; 3.5. Kinetics; 3.6. Selected Applications; 3.7. Instrumentation; Appendix; Abbreviations; References; 4 THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS (TMA) AND THERMODILATOMETRY (TD); 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Principles and Theory; 4.3. Instrumental; 4.4. Calibration

4.5. How to Perform a TMA Experiment4.6. Key Applications; 4.7. Selected Industrial Applications (with Details of Experimental Conditions); Appendix; Abbreviations; References; 5 DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Characterization of Viscoelastic Behavior; 5.3. The Relationship between Time, Temperature, and Frequency; 5.4. Applications of Dynamic Mechanical Analysis; 5.5. Examples of DMA Characterization for Thermoplastics; 5.6. Characteristics of Fibers and Thin Films; 5.7. DMA Characterization of Crosslinked Polymers

5.8. Practical Aspects of Conducting DMA Experiments5.9. Commercial DMA Instrumentation; Appendix; Abbreviations; References; 6 DIELECTRIC ANALYSIS (DEA); 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Theory and Background of Dielectric Analysis; 6.3. Dielectric Techniques; 6.4. Performing Dielectric Experiments; 6.5. Typical Measurements on Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA); 6.6. Dielectric Analysis of Thermoplastics; 6.7. Dielectric Analysis of Thermosets; 6.8. Instrumentation; Appendix; Abbreviations; References; 7 MICRO- AND NANOSCALE LOCAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. The Atomic Force Microscope

7.3. Scanning Thermal Microscopy7.4. Thermal Probe Design and Spatial Resolution; 7.5. Measuring Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Force-Distance Curves; 7.6. Local Thermal Analysis; 7.7. Performing a Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Analysis Experiment; 7.8. Examples of Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Analysis Applications; 7.9. Overview of Local Thermal Analysis; Abbreviations; References; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Presents a solid introduction to thermal analysis, methods, instrumentation, calibration, and application along with the necessary theoretical background.Useful to chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers who are new to thermal analysis techniques, and to existing users of thermal analysis who wish expand their experience to new techniques and applicationsTopics covered include Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Differential Thermal Analysis (DSC/DTA), Thermogravimetry, Thermomechanical Analysis and Dilatometry, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis, Micro-Thermal Ana