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Description Author: R.P. Brown, T. Butler, and S.W. Hawley ISBN 978-1-85957-264-1 Pages: 192, Figures: 204, Tables: 84 Summary This report is an output from the Weathering of Elastomers and Sealants project, which forms part of the UK government's Department of Trade and Industry's Degradation of Materials in Aggressive Environments Program. A long-term natural ageing program was started...
Description Author: B.G. Willoughby ISBN 978-1-85957-374-7 pages 250 Summary Health, safety, and the environment are key driving factors in the industry in the 21st Century. Monitoring of exposure to chemicals in the workplace and in emissions from factories is used to calculate exposure to possible chemical toxins including carcinogens. Other factors must also be considered in chemical...
Description Author: Dr. M.J. Forrest ISBN 978-1-85957-390-7 pages 160 Summary Thermosets comprise around 25% of world plastic consumption. The use of thermosets dates back over 100 years to the advent of phenolics. Today, a large range of different reactive chemicals is used in the synthesis of these resins. Common thermoset systems include phenol-formaldehyde, melamine-formaldehyde, urea-formaldehyde, resorcinol-formaldehyde,...
Description Author: Konstantinou, Ioannis K. (Ed.) ISBN 978-3-540-31404-2 266 p., Hardcover This item usually ships in 3-4 weeks. Summary This volume describes the state-of-the-art advances regarding antifouling paint biocides and provides a thorough evaluation of research and information on major topics such as occurrence and levels, environmental fate, analytical techniques and methods for the monitoring...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1895198-59-1 Number of antistatics: 827 Summary During the time since the first edition in 2007, many changes occurred in the market resulting in the elimination of a large number of additives and introduction of new products. These changes are recorded in the database, which contains an actual range of used compounds....
Description Author: D.B. Wootton ISBN 978-1-85957-277-1 pages 248 Summary This book is written in a very readable style. It starts by describing the history of the use of textiles in rubber composites and progresses through the technology of yarn production to the details of fabric construction. The five core fabric materials used in rubber reinforcement are...
Description Author: Edited by Ambikanandan Misra and Aliasgar Shahiwala ISBN 9781847358516 Published: 2014page 546 Summary Use of polymers has become indispensable in the field of drug delivery. Polymers play a crucial role in modulating drug delivery to exploit maximum therapeutic benefits and have been fundamental in the successful development of several novel drug delivery systems that...
Description Author: Jeremy Ramsden ISBN 978-1455731893 Hardbound, 240 Pages Summary An overview of nanotechnology that encompasses scientific, technological, economic and social issues – investigating the potential of nanotechnology to transform whole sectors of industry from healthcare to energy. Jeremy Ramsden provides a blueprint for those involved in the commercialization of nanotechnology. In Applied Nanotechnology Professor Ramsden takes...
Description Author: Myer Kutz ISBN 978-1-4377-3514-7 574 pages, 1st. Edition Summary The expert contributors to this new handbook demystify new technologies and materials and present the fundamentals of plastics engineering for optimal engineering and business decisions.Key Features • Practical introductions to both core topics and new developments make this work equally valuable for newly qualified...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-48-5 First EditionPages 310 Chapter 7Hardcover Summary Atlas of Material Damage has 464 microscopic pictures, schematic diagrams, and a few graphs, which show how materials fail, how they are produced to not fail, and how they are designed to perform particular functions to make outstanding products. Findings presented by each illustration are...
Description Author:George Wypych ISBN 978-1-927885-25-3 (hard cover); 978-1-927885-26-0 (E-PUB) Published: 2017 January Pages: 334 Printed in color Hardcover and epub Figures: 495 Summary Atlas of Material Damage has microscopic pictures, schematic diagrams, and a few graphs, which show how materials fail, how they are produced to not fail, and how they are designed to perform...
Description George Wypych ISBN 978-1-927885-85-7 Published: 2022 January Pages: 430+iv Printed in color Figures: 544 Summary Atlas of Material Damage has microscopic pictures, schematic diagrams, and a few graphs, which show how materials fail, how they are produced not to fail, and how they are designed to perform functions to make outstanding products. All this...
Description Author: D. Nichols, Thor Overseas Limited ISBN 978-1-85957-512-3 Pages: 126Format: Soft-backed Summary The use of biocides in plastics is commonplace. They are added to protect the plastic from degradation by microbes or to provide an external antimicrobial hygienic surface.Biocides are selected on the basis of their function and the application for which they are...
Description Author: David K. Platt ISBN 978-1-85957-519-2 Rapra Market Report Summary Biodegradable polymers have experienced strong growth over the last three years and are set to make further inroads into markets traditionally dominated by conventional thermoplastics in future. Demand is being driven by a number of factors. The cost of biodegradable polymers has come down considerably...
Description Author: Edited by Sam Zhang ISBN 978-1-43-984995-8 456 pages Summary Written in a versatile, contemporary style that will benefit both novice and expert alike, Biological and Biomedical Coatings Handbook, Two-Volume Set covers the state of the art in the development and implementation of advanced thin films and coatings in the biological field.Consisting of two volumes—Processing...
Description Author: Edited by Sam Zhang ISBN 978-1-43-982125-1 976 pages Summary Written in a versatile, contemporary style that will benefit both novice and expert alike, Biological and Biomedical Coatings Handbook, Two-Volume Set explores the state of the art in the development and implementation of advanced thin films and coatings in the biological field.The set covers advances...
Description Author: R.M. Johnson, L.Y. Mwaikambo and N. Tucker ISBN 978-1-85957-379-2 pages 158 Summary The earth has finite resources in terms of fossil origin fuel and a finite capacity for disposal of waste. Biopolymers may offer a solution to both these issues in the long-term. The ideal biopolymer is both of renewable biological origin and biodegradable...
Description Author: Yoshiharu Doi (Editor), Alexander Steinbüchel (Editor) ISBN 978-3-527-30219-2 Hardcover480 pages Summary Volumes 3a, b and 4 focus on polyesters synthesized by bacteria and eukaryotic organisms as well as all aspects of the biosynthesis and metabolism of these biopolymers together with their production and isolation. In addition, these volumes treat various synthetic polyesters and related...
Description Author: Susheel Kalia, Luc Avérous ISBN 978-0-470-63923-8 Hardcover 642 pages Summary This handbook focuses on biopolymers for both environmental and biomedical applications. It shows recent advances in technology in all areas from chemical synthesis or biosynthesis to end use applications. These areas have not been covered in a single book before and they include biopolymers...
Description Author: H.T. van de Grampel ISBN 978-0-08041744-8 GE Plastics BVReview Report132 pages, softbound Summary This review report explains the theory of blending materials which may be essentially incompatible, and the properties and applications of commercially available blends of engineering thermoplastics are then described. Experimental results and data on commercial materials can be obtained from the...