This book contains the proceedings of the Symposium on FT-IR
Characterization of Polymers, which was held under the auspices of the
Division of Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) during
the annual ACS meeting in Philadelphia, August, 1984. The content of
each paper has been substantially extended from the papers presented
during the conference. Due to the accidental, irrecoverable loss of the
entire contents of the book by the computer system used for editorial
purposes, the publication of this book has been delayed more than one
year over the initial scheduled date. It has been a continuous,
frustrating experience for the editor as well as for the authors. An
extended Murphy's law, -anything can go wrong goes multiply wrong- has
been demonstrated in editor's office. It necessitated, otherwise
unnecessary, repeated proof reading during which time the editor had
valuable experience n familiarizing himself with each paper much more
than usual. The papers in this book are state-of-the-art even after such
a delay. It is the authors pride and integrity toward the quality of
each paper that makes the value of this book long lasting, while
responsibility of the loss of any timeliness rests at the editor's hand.
For the purpose of official records, submission and acceptance dates
must be stated. All papers had been submitted by September, 1984, and
had been accepted for publication by November, 1984, after the critical
review processes.