

Deep in the sea all molecules repeat the pattern of one another till complex new ones are formed. Never at rest tortured by energy wasted prodigiously by the sun poured into space.

For whom, for what? On a dead planet with no life to entertain. Ages on ages before any eyes could see year after year thunderously pounding the shore as now.

There are the rushing waves mountains of molecules each stupidly minding its own business trillions apart yet forming white surf in unison. I stand at the seashore, alone, and start to think. van (Dirk Willem) Properties of polymers : their correlation with chemical structure : their numerical estimation and prediction from additive group contributions / by D. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Krevelen, D. Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at, and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (þ44) (0) 1865 843830 fax (þ44) (0) 1865 853333 email. TE NIJENHUIS Associate Professor-Emeritus, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The NetherlandsĮlsevier Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK First edition 1972 Second, completely revised edition 1976 Second impression 1980 Third impression 1986 Fourth impression 1987 Fifth impression 1989 Third, completely revised edition 1990 Second impression 1992 Third impression 1994 Fourth, completely revised edition 2009 Copyright # 2009 Elsevier B.V. VAN KREVELEN† Professor-Emeritus, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands and Former President of AKZO Research and Engineering N.V., Arnhem, The Netherlands Revised by

PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS THEIR CORRELATION WITH CHEMICAL STRUCTURE THEIR NUMERICAL ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION FROM ADDITIVE GROUP CONTRIBUTIONS Fourth, completely revised editionĭ.
