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Description Author: Jerry M. Fischer ISBN 1-884207-72-3 Tools and Troubleshooting, Inc., USApages 252, figures : 302 Summary This is the first and only handbook to deal with these fundamental problems. The handbook explains in plain terms why moldings shrink and warp, shows how additives and reinforcements change the picture, sets out the effects of the molding...
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: Ed., J. Schanda ISBN 978-0-470-04904-4 pages 459, Hardcover Summary Colorimetry: Understanding the CIE System summarizes and explains the standards of CIE colorimetry in one comprehensive source. Presents the material in a tutorial form, for easy understanding by students and engineers dealing with colorimetry. Provides an overview of the area of CIE colorimetry, including colorimetric...
Description Author: Guneri Akovali ISBN 978-1-84735-081-7 Soft-backed, 310 pages Summary Plastics and rubber are two very different, important materials which are used a great deal in our everyday life, both in indoors and outdoors. However, there is still, the controversy surrounding the use of certain polymers and there are also some misconceptions surrounding their use. In...
Description Author: I. Christensen ISBN 978-1-85957-373-0 First Edition, Pages 120, Figures 4, Tables 2 Summary There are two types of colorants in use: dyes and pigments. Pigments are insoluble and must be adequately dispersed in the plastic to achieve a uniform color. This can be a problem in very thin moldings where particle agglomerates are highly...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-92-8 Published: 2016Pages: 705 Summary Polymers selected for this edition of the Handbook of Polymers include all major polymeric materials used by the plastics and other branches of the chemical industry as well as specialty polymers used in the electronics, pharmaceutical, medical, and space fields. Extensive information is included on biopolymers.The...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-84-3 Second edition Published: 2015Pages: 370 Figures: 130 Tables: 450 Summary The book has five chapters, each containing invaluable information for PVC manufacturers, processors, and users. In the first introductory chapter, the new product development and product re-engineering tools and the market for PVC products are discussed. In the second...
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 978-1-895198-91-1 Published: 2016Figures: 615 Tables: 190 Pages: 922 Fourth Edition Summary This handbook gives direct comparison of general purpose fillers (micron-size fillers) and nanofillers.Over 4,000 research papers, mostly published from 1994 to 2015 (over 1000 new papers in this edition), technical data from over 200 filler and equipment manufacturing companies,...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-83-6 Third Edition Published: 2014Pages: 370 Tables: 124 Figures: 145 Summary This handbook is the first ever book written on the subject of antiblocking, release, and slip additives, which are of high industrial importance. The third edition has included all new information which became available in the last 8 years...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-47-8 First EditionPages 680Format: 8.5 x 11 inchesHardcover Summary Polymers selected for this edition of the Handbook of Polymers include all major polymeric materials used by the plastics and other branches of the chemical industry as well as specialty polymers used in the electronics, pharmaceutical, medical, and space fields. Extensive information...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-93-5 Published: 2016Pages: 252 Figures: 77 Tables: 19 Summary Handbook of Nucleating Agents is the most extensive monograph on the subject ever written. In addition to the Handbook, Databook of Nucleating Agents is simultaneously published to give readers comprehensive information on this important subject. Handbook of Nucleating Agents gives information...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-41-6 Figures: 578Tables: 190Pages: 774Third Edition Summary This handbook gives direct comparison of general purpose fillers (micron-size fillers) and nanofillers.Over 3,000 research papers, mostly published from 1994 to 2009 (over 1500 new papers in this edition), technical data from over 160 filler and equipment manufacturing companies, and patent literature were reviewed...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-86-7 Published: 2015Pages: 420 Figures 101 Tables 256 Summary This book, the first monograph fully devoted to UV degradation and stabilization ever published in the English language, has 12 chapters, each discussing different aspect of UV related phenomena occurring when polymeric materials are exposed to UV radiation.In the introduction, the...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-895198-46-1 First EditionPages: 354Chapters: 12Figures: 94Tables: 232 Hardcover Summary This book, the first monograph fully devoted to UV degradation and stabilization ever published in the English language, has 12 chapters, each discussing different aspect of UV related phenomena. In the introduction, the existing literature has been reviewed to find out how...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-85-0 Published: 2015Pages: 488 Figures: 283 Tables: 67 Summary PVC stabilization, the most important aspect of formulation and performance of this polymer, is discussed in details. This book contains all information required to design successful stabilization formula for any product made out of PVC.Only four books have ever been published...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-39-3 Published: 2008Second editionPages: 442Figures: 275 Tables: 66 Summary With the global renewal of interest in PVC, this book is well timed, considering that PVC stabilization is the most important aspect of its formulation and performance. Only four books have been published on PVC degradation and stabilization (the last one in the...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-62-1 5th EditionPages: 826Figures: 795Tables: 64 Summary This 5th edition of Handbook of Material Weathering contains systematic updates of knowledge generated in more than last 25 years when the 1st edition was prepared. The information required for professional use has been growing so rapidly that additional books had to be written to...
Description Author: Geoffrey Pritchard ISBN 978-1-85957-499-7 Pages 200, Market Report Summary The plastics industry has seen restructuring and mergers, and new manufacturing processes and specifications have altered customers requirements for additives. Plastics Additives, a new market report from Rapra, offers a fresh account of the additives market. Plastics Additives begins with an executive summary of the...
Description Author: Francoise Pardos ISBN 978-1-85957-480-5 pages 182 Summary Flexible films are defined as being planar forms of plastics, which may be thick enough to be self-supporting but thin enough to be flexed, folded and/or creased without cracking. Films comprise around 25% of all plastics used worldwide, around 40 million tons, and are thus a massive...