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Description Author: Kent ISBN 978-1-906479-03-9 Number of pages: 271 Cover: Softback Summary This unique book provides a structured approach to the techniques of energy management and covers the main topics of relevance to plastics processors. It is designed as a workbook for practical use, and it contains advice which can be applied within companies involved in...
Description Author: Robin Kent ISBN 978-1906479107 pages 355 Paperback Summary The second edition of a Plastics Information Direct best-seller.Since the first edition of this handbook, the issues of energy management and energy efficiency have moved considerably higher up the management agenda for most plastics processing companies. Many processors have started the journey towards energy management...
Description Author: D.K. Platt ISBN 978-1-85957-380-8 pages 188 Summary Engineering and high performance polymers cover a wide spectrum of materials from well-established plastics such as nylon and ABS to developing polymers such as LCP and PEEK. They are valued, amongst other things, for their temperature resistance, strength, dimensional stability and chemical resistance in many demanding applications....
Description Author: Geneva, Switzerland, 13-14 November 2003 ISBN 978-1-85957-369-3 pages 210 Summary Engineering or specialty elastomers are the stalwart materials of the rubber industry. They are high volume and medium priced elastomers, often employed in demanding applications, such as the automotive, industrial, medical and electrical industries. The Engineering Elastomers 2003 conference had an exciting series of...
Description Author: T.R Crampton ISBN 9781847355683 Published: 2014264 pages Summary Generally speaking, engineering plastics are those which are replacing conventional materials such as metals and alloys in general engineering. In addition, the term 'engineering plastic' covers materials that have superior properties which were not particularly available in conventional polymeric materials such as the exceptionally high heat...
Description Author: Edited By Maohong Fan, C.P. Huang, Alan E. Bland, Zhonglin Wang, Rachid Slimane & Ian G. Wright ISBN 978-0-08-054820-3 310 pages Summary Key Features: Presents research results from a number of countries with various nanotechnologies in multidisciplinary environmental engineering fieldsGives a solid introduction to the basic theories needed for understanding how environanotechnologies can...
Description Author: Chellappa Chandrasekaran, Can C Consulting, Chennai, India ISBN 978-0-8155-1539-5 202 pages Summary The author, a seasoned rubber technologist of four decades, provides more than 180 essential rubber formularies, some of which have never been published, that are used by practitioners the world over on a frequent basis. A special feature of the formulations is...
Description Author: Peter Mischke, Michael Groteklaes, and Thomas Brock ISBN 978-3-86630-849-7 400 pages Summary This work is intended to fill a gap in the current specialist literature: as an accompanying handbook. An extremely broad knowledge base is a prerequisite for mastering this unique protective and finishing material. However, today’s coatings specialist also requires knowledge of process engineering...
Description Author: D.C. Wright ISBN 978-1-85957-517-8 Pages: 412, Figures: 139, Tables: 52 Summary Plastics and rubbers together make up the most adaptable and varied class of materials available to product designers. They may be transparent or opaque, rigid or flexible, lightweight, insulating, and weatherproof. They are used in almost every industry, and in every part of...
Description Author: Laurence W. McKeen ISBN 978-0-08-096450-8 pages 312, hardbound Summary For all practical purposes, the useful life of a plastic component is equal to its fatigue life under conditions of cyclic loading such as those that occur in vibration. Equally important to materials engineers and designers are abrasion, friction, and wear—tribological properties. Over 80 generic families...
Description Author: Eds. Scheirs, Walter Kaminsky ISBN 978-0-470-02152-1 pages 816, Hardcover Summary Pyrolysis is a recycling technique converting plastic waste into fuels, monomers, or other valuable materials by thermal and catalytic cracking processes. It allows the treatment of mixed, unwashed plastic wastes. For many years research has been carried out on thermally converting waste plastics into...
Description Author: Jean L. Leblanc ISBN 978-1-4398004-2-3 Pages: 444 pages Summary The idea of mixing single available materials into compounds to fulfill a set of desired properties is likely as old as mankind. Highly sophisticated polymer applications would simply be impossible without the enhancement of some of their properties through the addition of fine mineral particles...
Description Author: Laurence W McKeen ISBN 978-1-4557-2551-9 320 pages Summary This extensively revised second edition is the only data handbook available on the engineering properties of commercial polymeric films details many physical, mechanical, optical, electrical, and permeation properties within the context of specific test parameters, providing a ready reference for comparing materials in the same family...
Description Author: P.W. Dufton ISBN 978-1-85957-034-0 151 pages Summary Flame retardants: Organic halogen containing materials, phosphorus containing compounds, inorganic minerals and salts, and many other materials Polymers: PE, EVA, PP, PVC, styrenics, polyamides, PPO, polyurethanes, thermosets, polyesters, polycarbonates, PMMA, elastomers Markets: automotive, other land transportation, aircraft, electrical appliances, electronic products, electrical cables, building and construction Table...
Description Author: John Krasny, William Parker, Vytenis Babrauskas ISBN 9780815514572 Summary This book is a collection of the up-to-date science and engineering knowledge in the field of furniture fire flammability. For continuity and perspective, citations to older works are still maintained, even in cases where newer research has brought forth improved methods or better knowledge....
Description Author: Eds., M. Le Bras, C. Wilkie, S. Bourbigot ISBN 978-0-85404-582-2 pages 410, Hardcover Summary The use of polymers is restricted by their flammability- they may indeed initiate or propagate fire. Fire Retardancy of Polymers focuses on mineral additives from either micro- or nano-composites for application in fire retardants. With the use of fire retardant...
Description Author: Eds., Alexander B. Morgan, Charles A. Wilkie ISBN 978-0-471-73426-0 pages 421, Hardcover Summary Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites takes a comprehensive look at polymer nanocomposites for flame retardancy applications and includes nanocomposite fundamentals (theory, design, synthesis, characterization) as well as polymer flammability fundamentals with emphasis on how nanocomposites affect flammability.The book has practical examples from...
Description Author: Dr. P.W. Dufton ISBN 978-1-85957-385-3 pages 148 Summary Plastics materials are used in large volumes in major applications such as buildings, vehicles and electronic appliances. In each of these areas, fire safety is critical. Hence flame retardants have been developed to improve the properties of plastics under the different conditions of processing and use....
Description Author: Walther Grot, Ion Power, Inc. (former DuPont), Delaware, U.S.A. ISBN 978-1-4377-4457-6 Hardbound, 312 Pages Summary Fluorinated ionomer polymers form impermeable membranes that conduct electricity, properties that have been put to use in large-scale electrochemical applications, revolutionizing the chlor-alkali industry and transforming production methods of some of the world’s highest-production commodity chemicals: chlorine, sodium hydroxide, and...
Description Author: Albert L. Moore ISBN 0-8155-1517-0 Pages 325 Summary The comprehensive reference on fluoroelastomer chemistry, processing technology, and applications. This is a must-have reference for materials scientists and engineers in the automotive, aerospace, chemical, chemical process, and power generation industries. Fluoroelastomers meet rigorous performance requirements in harsh environments, enhancing reliability, safety, and environmental friendliness. Fluoroelastomers...