本书共分为六大部分（PART A～PART F），内容包括高分子材料的基本知识（Introduction），塑料添加剂（Plastics Additives）和各种树脂（Resins），橡胶配合剂（Rubber Compounding Ingredients）和各种生胶（Raw Rubber）以及高分子材料的成型加工（Polymer Processing）。书后附有合成橡胶的命名（The Nomenclature of Synthetic Elastomers），聚合物缩写（Acronyms of Polymers）和高分子材料专业名词术语表（Glossary of Polymer Material）。
本书可作为高等职业院校高分子材料智能制造技术、高分子合成技术、材料工程技术、复合材料智能制造技术等相关专业的教材，也可作为职教本科相关专业的教材，还可供从事高分子材料加工及应用的专业技术人员参考。

Part A Introduction
UNIT 1 Polymer
[Reading Material] Hermann Staudinger
UNIT 2 Classification of Polymers
[Reading Material] Polymer Architecture
UNIT 3 Synthesis
[Reading Material] Wallace Hume Carothers
UNIT 4 Plastics, Rubber and Fiber
[Reading Material] Thermoplastic Elastomer
Part B Plastics Additives
UNIT 1 Stabilizers
[Reading Material] Biodegradable Additives
UNIT 2 Plasticizers
[Reading Material] PVC Additives (1)
UNIT 3 Lubricants
[Reading Material] PVC Additives (2)
Part C Resins
UNIT 1 Polyethylene
[Reading Material] High Density Polyethylene
UNIT 2 Polypropylene
[Reading Material] Nanometer Plastic
UNIT 3 Polyvinyl Chloride
[Reading Material] Resin Identification Code
UNIT 4 Polystyrene
[Reading Material] Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
UNIT 5 Phenolics
[Reading Material] Leo Baekeland
UNIT 6 Epoxy Resins
[Reading Material] Plastics and the Environment
Part D Rubber Compounding Ingredients
UNIT 1 General Introduction
[Reading Material] Importance of Rubber
UNIT 2 Rubbers
[Reading Material] Other Types of Rubbers
UNIT 3 Vulcanizing System
[Reading Material] Other Types of Vulcanizing Agents
UNIT 4 Antidegradants
[Reading Material] The Ageing of Rubber Vulcanizates
UNIT 5 Fillers
[Reading Material] Radial Tire
Part E Raw Rubber
UNIT 1 Natural Rubber
[Reading Material] Chemical Makeup and Properties of NR
UNIT 2 Butadiene Rubber
[Reading Material] Rubber Elasticity
UNIT 3 E-SBR
[Reading Material] What Lead to the Invention of SBR?
UNIT 4 Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber
[Reading Material] Medical Gloves
UNIT 5 Chloroprene Rubber
[Reading Material] Rubber Compounding Rules (1)
UNIT 6 Butyl Rubber
[Reading Material] Rubber Compounding Rules (2)
UNIT 7 Ethylene-Propylene Rubber
[Reading Material] Surface Bloom of Rubber
Part F Polymer Processing
UNIT 1 Extrusion
[Reading Material] Plastics Extrusion
UNIT 2 Molding
[Reading Material] Rotational, Fluidized-Bed and Slush Molding
UNIT 3 Rubber Processing
[Reading Material] Calender
Appendix Ⅰ The Nomenclature of Synthetic Elastomers
Appendix Ⅱ Acronyms of Polymers
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary of Polymer Material
Vocabulary
References