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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: 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...
Description Author: S Ebnesajjad ISBN 978-1-4557-2834-3 448 Pages 1st edition Summary Key FeaturesEssential information and practical guidance for engineers and scientists working with bioplastics, or evaluating a migration to bioplastics.Includes key published material on biopolymers, updated specifically for this Handbook, and new material including coverage of PLA and Tissue Engineering Scaffolds.Coverage of materials and applications...
Description Author: T. A. Skotheim, J. Reynolds ISBN 9781574446654 pages 1680 Summary As the field of conjugated, electrically conducting, and electroactive polymers has grown, the Handbook of Conducting Polymers has been there to document and celebrate these changes along the way. Now split into two volumes, this third edition incorporates the latest developments in both the...
Description Author: Peter M. Martin ISBN 978-0-8155-2031-3 936 pages 3rd Edition Summary Recent years have seen a rapid expansion in the applications of advanced thin film coatings in areas including photovoltaics, energy conversion, energy efficiency, biomedical engineering, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and flat panel displays. In a tough economic climate, surface engineering remains a growth industry, because...
Description Author: Prof. E. Abdel-Bary ISBN 978-1-85957-338-9 pages 404 Summary Plastic films are high-performance materials which play an essential part in modern life. Plastic films are mostly used in packaging applications but as will be seen from this book they are also used in the agricultural, medical and engineering fields. The plastics films industry uses state-of-the-art...
Description Author: ISBN 978-0-815515814 591 Pages, 480 Illustrations, Hardbound Summary This practical guide to plastic joining processes is composed of two parts: processes and materials. The processing part is divided into 15 chapters each discussing different joining technique. The joining methods discussed include: heated tool, hot gas, vibration, spin, ultrasonic, induction, radio frequency, microwave, resistance,...
Description Author: B.D. Malhotra ISBN 978-1-85957-286-3 pages: 474 Summary With the continuing drive for higher circuit density and very high-speed data processing, the search for new polymeric materials to use in microelectronics has intensified. The development of polymers for electronics applications is an open field wherein polymers may be used as insulating materials or tailored for...
Description Author: K Seshan ISBN 9781437778731 Pages: 408 Summary Key Features- A practical survey of thin film technologies aimed at engineers and managers involved in all stages of the process: design, fabrication, quality assurance and applications.- Covers core processes and applications in the semiconductor industry and new developments in the photovoltaic and optical thin film industries.-...
Description Author: T. Reg Bott, School of Chemical Engineering, the University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK ISBN 978-0-444-53224-4 Hardbound, 220 pages publication date: 2011 Summary Industrial Biofouling discusses the challenges--and to a lesser extent, the benefits--of biofilms on industrial processing surfaces. It addresses the operating problems caused by establishment and growth of microorganisms, thereby enabling effective...
Description Author: Rapra Conference ISBN 978-1-85957-570-3 Summary Manufacturing with plastics often involves a bonding step from packaging, electronic and medical devices to large scale automotive, aerospace and construction projects. This is a continually developing field and experts at this second international conference on joining plastics debated the best methods and options for different applications. Sponsored...
Description Author: John R. Wagner, Jr. ISBN 978-0-8155-2021-4 258 pages Summary A comprehensive and highly practical survey of the materials, hardware, processes, and applications of flexible plastic films.Aimed at a wide audience of engineers, technicians, managers, purchasing agents and users, Multilayer Flexible Packaging provides a thorough introduction to the manufacturing and applications of flexible plastic films,...
Description Author: R. Lambourne and T. A. Strivens ISBN 1-884207-73-1 Second Edition950 pages Summary The first edition (1986) of this book became immediately recognized for its professional treatment of this important subject. Several thousand copies of this book are used worldwide. R. Lambourne, the Editor of the first edition assembled the team of leading specialists in...
Description Author: Professor David Jones ISBN 978-1-85957-479-9 pages 124 Summary Polymers are becoming increasingly important in the field of drug delivery. The pharmaceutical applications of polymers range from their use as binders in tablets to viscosity and flow controlling agents in liquids, suspensions and emulsions. Polymers can be used as film coatings to disguise the unpleasant...
Description Author: V Sastri ISBN 9781455732012 Pages: 336 Summary Key Features• Comprehensive coverage of uses of polymers for medical devices.• Unique coverage of medical device regulatory aspects, supplier control, and process validation.• An invaluable guide for engineers, scientists, and managers involved in the development and marketing of medical devices and materials for use in medical devices. DescriptionPlastics...
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: 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: 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...