Contents: Polymeric Flame Retardants: Problems and Decisions; Modification of Thermal Characteristics of Polypyromellitimide Films; The Influences of Dimethacrylates Nature and Plastifying Additives to Them Upon Linear Chain Termination Constants Rate Via 3D Polymerisation; Synthesis of New Monomers on Diallylguanidine Basis and Their Ability to Radical (Co)Polymerisation; Bioartificial Polymeric Materials Based on Soft PVC/Natural Polymer Blends: III -- Soft PVC/Hydrolysed Collagen Blends Containing Graft Copolymers as Reactive Compatibilisers; Styrene Polymers/Ferrite Magnetic Composites with Potential Biomedical Applications; Changes in the Structural and Thermodynamic Properties of Low and High Amylose Starches During Biosynthesis; Studying of Intermolecular Layers in Filled Polymers by Paramagnetic Sensors; Index.

Science can do much good for mankind or can cause a catastrophe for mankind if it is handled by terrorists, (even aircraft can be turned into weapons of destruction as we have seen on September 11 2001 in New York City and Washington DC) This volume deals with science for the sake of mankind. Chemical physics, which combines chemistry and physics, and biochemical physics, which combines chemistry, physics and biology, have been developing quite radically recently. This holds true for pure and applied science as well. Some examples of such success are given in this book. Included in this volume are papers from Russian scientists, scientists from the republics of the former USSR and papers from scientists in western countries.

Contents: Physiochemical Criteria for Estimating the Efficiency of Burn Dressings; Influence of Mechanical Stretch on Surface Properties of Oxidised Polypropylene and Polyethylene; The Mechanism of Stereoregulation in Diene Polymerisation of Lanthanide Catalytic Systems; The Estimation of Biological Consequences of the Combined Effect of the Surfactant and the Acute Irradiation at Low Dose on Mice by Using of Parameters of Lipid Peroxidation Regulatory System; Basaltic Continuous Multifilament Yarns Ageing in Aggressive Alkaline Media -- Kinetic Model; Reciclability of Polystyrene in Solid Wastes; Heterogeneous Peculiarities of Poklymeric Hydrocarbons' Autoxidation; Generalisation of Polymers Interaction WITH Organic Solvents Processes by Means of Linear Polyparameter Equations; Induced Decomposition of Benzoyl Peroxide by 4- 4-(Dimethylamino)Styril] Pyridine and its N-Oxide; Index.