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Description Author: Dr. Martin J. Forrest ISBN 978-1-84735-141-8 Hardcover, pages 362 Summary Food Contact Materials - Rubbers, Silicones, Coatings, and Inks, is an amalgamation of data from four recent projects. This report provides a wealth of information taken from the results and findings of research projects on: Migration Data of Food Contact Rubbers (Two projects), Rubber Breakdown...
Description Author: Rapra Conferences ISBN 978-1-84735-390-0 21-22 April 2009, Brussels, Belgium 18 papers Summary The worldwide food contact polymers market has seen the enormous change in recent years, a trend in part due to the shifting regulatory landscape. It is important, perhaps now more than ever, to keep abreast of regulatory matters and to identify...
Description Author: Martin J. Forrest, Rapra Technology ISBN 978-1-85957-522-2 148 pages, Soft-backed, Vol. 16, no. 2, report 182 Summary The objective of Food Contact Rubbers 2 - Products, Migration and Regulation is to provide a comprehensive overview of the use of rubber as a food contact material, from an initial description of the types of rubber...
Description Author: Salvatore Parisi ISBN 9781847356093 page 398 Summary Quality inspection of packaging materials is a difficult task for food producers because the technical tests for packaging are mainly designed to measure the 'performance' of materials in relation to their chemical formulation, processing data, and intended uses. This may be difficult for food producers because their knowledge...
Description Author: Salvatore Parisi ISBN 9871847356062 Soft or Hard Cover Summary The so-called HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) acronym is well known in the food industry in relation to the management of microbiological, chemical and physical risks. With relation to HACCP risks, packaging materials should be studied and recognized as one of the key...
Description Author: P.W. Dufton ISBN 978-1-85957-145-3 200 pages, softbound Summary This report covers all the major functional additives used in plastics and will be of interest to additive and polymer suppliers, converters, end-users and technical libraries. Included are a technical review of the additives and the new materials available; identification of the factors which could affect their...
Description Author: Ed. Marino Xanthos ISBN 978-3-527-32361-6 pages 531, Hardcover Summary Edited and co-authored by Professor Marino Xanthos with contributions by international experts from industry and academia, the book presents methods of mixing/incorporation technologies, surface treatments and modifications for enhanced functionality, an analysis of parameters affecting filler performance and a presentation of current and emerging applications....
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-927885-37-6 Published: 2018Pages 226 + viFigures 135Tables 34 Summary Fillers do not fill but modify the next generation materials, control their properties, open new applications. This opening sentence underlines the aims of this book which shows applications of fillers resulting from their chemical composition (or modification) and/or special morphological features. This...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1- 77467-016-3 Edition: 2nd Pages 326 + ivFigures 135Tables 34Published Jan. 2023 Summary Functional fillers are an important part of today's composite processing technologies. They improve the properties of composites through the creation of a larger interfacial area between the matrix and ffibers and they also provide thermal stability to polymeric matrices....
Description Author: Ed. Sudipta Seal ISBN 978-0-387-35463-7 Springer pages approx., 350 Summary Nanocrystalline materials exhibit outstanding structural and mechanical properties. However, future progress in this emerging field is critically dependent upon the development of new methods of understanding and analyzing the underlying nanoscale and interface effects causing their unique mechanical properties. This exceptionally well- researched volume...
Description Author: D.I. Cook ISBN 978-1-85957-375-4 120 pages Summary Geosynthetics are sheet polymeric materials used in civil engineering. They have been used since the 1970s in geotechnical (soil) structures for functions such as separation, reinforcement, drainage, filtration, liquid containment and as gas barriers. In practice, this has included applications as diverse as reinforcement in the walls...
Description Author: L. Priester ISBN 978-1-84821-327-2 Summary The main purpose of this book is to put forward the fundamental role of grain boundaries in the plasticity of crystalline materials.To understand this role requires a multi-scale approach to plasticity: starting from the atomic description of a grain boundary and its defects, moving on to the elemental...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-927885-51-2 Pages: 316 + ivFigures 228Tables 4 Summary Potential applications of graphene are the subject of many papers. On ScienceDirect alone, over 5000 papers were published in 2016, and numerous patents followed. The main subject of the book is an extensive account of up-to-date findings in methods of production of graphene and...
Description Title of series: Impact of Award Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-77467-036-1 Pages: 382 + ivFigures 242Tables 4 Summary This new edition of Graphene – Important Results and Applications provides a succinct and informed overview of this innovative material, its history and development, applications, future prospects, and challenges. The book is designed for use by anyone interested...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-927885-29-1 Published: 2018Pages 236+vi Summary Adhesion promoters form a very important group of additives without which many industrial products cannot perform according to requirements. The knowledge on this subject mostly related to silanes, which form the most widely used group of these additives, is still based on the book which was published...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-77467-018-7 Pages 322+viFigures 154Published Jan. 2023 Summary Adhesion promoters form a significant group of additives, without, which many industrial products cannot perform according to requirements. The knowledge on this subject mostly related to silanes, which form the most widely used group of these additives, is frequently based on the book which...
Description Author: Phillipe Cognard, Versailles, France ISBN 978-0-08-044708-7 Hardbound, 512 Pages Summary Contributions from more than 60 authors, each a well-known specialist in their field, have been coordinated to produce the most comprehensive Handbook of Adhesives and Sealants ever published. The handbook will be published as 8 volumes, over a period of 4 years and will...
Description Author: Phillipe Cognard, Versailles, France ISBN 978-0-08-044554-0 Hardbound, 398 Pages Summary This is the most comprehensive Adhesives and Sealants Handbook ever published, with the cooperation of around 35 authors from all over the world – each one a specialist in their field. It will include 80 chapters dealing with general information, the theory of bonding...
Description Author: Sina Ebnesajjad ISBN 978-1-4377-4461-3 448 pages Summary The Applied Handbook of Adhesives provides a thoroughly practical survey of all aspects of adhesives technology from selection and surface preparation to industrial applications and health and environmental factors. The resulting handbook is a hard-working reference for a wide range of engineers and technicians working in the...
Description Author: V.S. Ramachandran, J.J. Beaudoin ISBN 0-8155-1437-9 National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, CanadaPages: 985, Figures: 420, Tables: 70 Summary Scientific analysis techniques for a wide variety of concretes and their additives as well as concrete technologies, perfect for practitioners, students, and professional standards writers. Measuring the long-term durability of new types of concrete and...