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Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-85957-446-1 160 pages Summary The conference aimed to widen the area of discussion from a purely rubber or purely plastic based topic to include those additional related bonding application areas. Papers discussing bonding within the polymer industries and from academic researchers will enable the reader to more fully understand the problems...
Description Author: Various ISBN 978-1-84735-422-8 pages 158, hard cover Summary 'The worldwide market for polymer electronic products has been estimated to be worth up to £15 billion by 2015 and the opportunity for new markets could be as high as £125billion by 2025.' The rapid development of polymer electronics has revealed the possibility for transforming the...
Description Author: T.R. Crompton ISBN 978-1-85957-492-8 Pages: 704 Soft-backed Summary This book describes the types of techniques now available to the polymer chemist and technician and discusses their capabilities, limitations, and applications. All types of modern instrumentation are covered including those used in general quality control, research analysis, process monitoring and for determining the mechanical, electrical,...
Description Author: Yuri S. Lipatov 10-ISBN 1-895198-08-9 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-08-9 Academy of Sciences of Ukraine385 pages, 117 figures Summary The main topics of this book are fillers, their interface with polymers, composites, blends, and alloys. Treatment of the subject is fundamental based on principles of surface phenomena, the physico-chemical theory of filling, the theory of adsorption, surface adhesion,...
Description Author: Conference ISBN 978-1-85957-250-4 pages 98 Summary Rapra presented the third successful European conference concentrating on polymer rheology as a practical tool for process control and quality analysis. Papers were presented covering the latest techniques, equipment, and innovations in the monitoring and characterisation of polymers. Subjects addressed include the application of rheology to real-time processes, quality...
Description Author: Ed. Manfred Stamm ISBN 978-3-540-73864-0 Approx., 300 p., HardcoverNot yet published. Available: January 3, 2008 Summary Surfaces and interfaces of polymers play an important role in most of the application areas of polymers, e.g. moulds, foils, thin films, coatings, adhesive joints, blends, composites, biomaterials or applications in micro- and nanotechnology. Therefore it is very...
Description Author: Masami Okamoto, Toyota Technological Institute ISBN 978-1-85957-391-4 166 pages, Soft-backedVol. 14, no. 7, report 163, 2003 Summary Polymer/clay nanocomposites have received a lot of attention over the last decade. Companies such as Nanocor and Honeywell are already commercially exploiting nanocomposite materials. A small amount of nanodispersed filler leads to an improvement in material properties,...
Description Author: Eyerer, Peter (Ed.) ISBN 978-3-540-88416-3 432 p., Hardcover Summary Since their first industrial use polymers have gained a tremendous success. The two volumes of "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks" elaborate on both their potentials and on the impact on the environment arising from their production and applications. Volume 11 "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks...
Description Author: Eyerer, Peter; Weller, Martin; Hübner, Christof (Eds.) ISBN 978-3-642-02796-3 1st Edition., 300 p., Hardcover Summary Since their first industrial use polymers have gained a tremendous success. The two volumes of "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks" elaborate on both their potentials and on the impact on the environment arising from their production and applications. Volume...
Description Author: Smithers Rapra by Suzanne Wilkinson ISBN 978-1-84735-086-2 Published: 2008Soft-backed, 297 x 210 mm, 40 pages. Summary REACH, the EU regulation for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals, entered into force in June 2007. Its central aim is to protect human health and the environment from the risks arising from the use of chemicals....
Description Author: K. Cousins ISBN 978-1-85957-190-3 Published: 2000110 pages, softbound Summary This report concentrates on the developments in polymeric materials and processes for cable specification and design. The main sections provide an overview of polymer used by a material with the main end-use markets examined: automotive, rail transport, aerospace, building and construction, business machines and computer networks,...
Description Author: Joel Fried ISBN 978-1-84735-093-0 Published: 2010Pages: 136, Soft-backed Summary This review report gives an overview of how polymers are used in aerospace applications. Topics covered include: Composites, including thermosets, thermoplastics, and nanocomposites. Fibre reinforcement of the composites and the specialised applications are also covered. For each type of composite, the chemistry, cure methods, fabrication...
Description Author: Roger P Brown ISBN 978-1-85957-460-7 Published: 200494 pages Summary Polymers have been used in agriculture and horticulture since the middleof the last century. There is a tremendous potential for using polymersin agriculture and our fields and garden would look very different if wedid not use polymers in them.This review traces the history of polymer...
Description Author: Market Report, 2002 ISBN 978-1-85957-332-7 Published: 2002pages: 124, tables: 3, figures: 9 Summary Building and construction form a large part of the global economy and this industry showed a growth rate of 1.8% worldwide in 2001. Polymer materials have been steadily replacing traditional materials in this sector. Construction applications of plastics include pipes and...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-398-6 Published: 2010 Summary With the aerospace and defence industries poised for growth in virtually every segment; the commercial, general aviation, military and space sectors are a ‘must watch’ area for businesses seeking new business and technology opportunities. Accompanying this growth, polymers will play an increasing role, with, for example, a...
Description Author: Conference ISBN 978-1-84735-019-0 Published: 2007Toulouse, France, 18-19 September 2007Rapra Conference Proceedings, 2007 Summary Polymers play a vital role in many defence and aerospace applications and there is a huge amount of activity underway globally to produce new polymers and polymeric materials that can enhance these applications. Composites are one such example where materials have...
Description Author: K. Cousins ISBN 978-1-84735-006-0 Published: 2007120 pages, Soft-backed, Rapra market report Summary Designers of electrical and electronic components have a wide choice of polymers at their disposal - cost is a prime consideration but competition in the market place is imposing ever more stringent specification criteria on the equipment designer who, in turn, is...
Description Author: Rapra Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-009-1 Munich, Germany, 30-31 January 2007 Summary This conference saw presentations from all parts of the electronics industry’s materials supply chain, from raw materials to finished products and offered an opportunity to learn more about both traditional and new polymer materials, their markets, manufacturing processes, and applications. It also covered the...
Description Author: Sulaiman KhalifehISBN 978-1-927885-67-3 Publication date: January 2020Pages: 606+xFigures: 189Tables: 76 Summary Electronics (including micro, nano, and quantum systems); mechanics (including MEMS, NEMS, MOEMS, and NOEMS); mechatronics (including robots, artificial muscles, and automated air vehicles); informatics (including software, hardware, and communication); materials science (including conjugated polymers, smart materials, and conducting small molecules); and optoelectronics (optical...