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Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-77467-090-3 Published: March 2026Pages: 312+viFigures: 110Tables: 2 Summary This book provides a comprehensive exploration of microplastics, starting with an introduction that defines them, their proliferation, and their geographical distribution around the world. It highlights the alarming prevalence of these small plastic particles and sets the stage for understanding their complex nature....
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-77467-082-8 Published: Jan 2026Pages: 384+viFigures: 182Tables: 30 Summary The Handbook of Flame Retardants contains an extensive evaluation of existing literature, products, and patents on flame retardance. Two separate publications are simultaneously released on this critical subject, each complementing the other: the Databook of Flame Retardants and the Handbook of Flame Retardants....
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-77467-070-5 Figures: 454Tables: 84Pages: 782 + viii6th Edition Summary This handbook directly compares general-purpose fillers (micron-size fillers) and nanofillers. To update the 6th edition of this comprehensive handbook, all important research papers out of the 85,000 papers published from 2020 to 2025, technical data from over 250 filler and equipment...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-77467-066-8 Figures: 394Tables: 142Pages: 782+x6th Edition Summary This handbook directly compares general-purpose fillers (micron-size fillers) and nanofillers. To update the 6th edition of this comprehensive handbook, all important research papers out of the 85,000 papers published from 2020 to 2025, technical data from over 250 filler and equipment manufacturing companies, and...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-77467-088-0 Pages: 510 + viiiTables: 210Figures: 139 Summary This book is about protecting materials and products against colonization and subsequent degradation of their properties. The book contains 11 chapters devoted to essential aspects of biodegradation and biostabilization. The introductory chapter provides a historical note on chronological developments in the field, presents...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-77467-080-4 Published: Jan 2026Pages: 474+viiiTables: 127Figures: 145 Summary This handbook is the first-ever book published on antiblocking, release, and slip additives, which are of high industrial importance. The fifth edition includes all new information that has become available in the five years since the last edition was published. Thirty chemical families...
Description Author: Anna WypychISBN 978-1-77467-076-7 Published: Jan 2026Pages: 388+xii Summary The databook of nucleating agents contains data on the most critical products in use today. Production of many nucleating agents included in the previous edition was discontinued, and they were replaced by new additives developed recently. Also, existing additives were modified and repurposed. Two groups...
Description Author: Anna & George WypychISBN 978-1-77467-074-3 Published: Jan 2026Pages: 510+xii Summary The National Fire Protection Association reported 32,788,713 fires (2023) (almost every second a fire department in the United States responds to a fire), around 5,000 fire deaths (2024) (74% of all fire deaths occurred at home), and 25,500 people were injured in 2024....
Description Author: Anna WypychISBN 978-1-77467-068-2 Published: Jan 2026Pages: 344+xii Summary In Europe, Regulation No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council1 outlines the important aspects of the use of biocidal products and governs principles of introduction of new products to the market. Biocidal products should neither be made available on the market nor used...
Description Author: Anna WypychISBN 978-1-77467-072-9 Published: Jan 2026Pages: 460+xii Summary The Databook of Antiblocking, Release, and Slip Additives contains data close to 300 of the most essential additives. It contains 145 data fields to accommodate a variety of data available in source publications. The additive databook is divided into five sections: General information, Physical properties,...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-77467-064-4 Published: Jan 2025Pages: 216+xFigures: 47Tables: 75 Summary A weathering testing manual provides guidelines and procedures for conducting weathering tests on various materials and products to simulate the effects of exposure. The methods of weathering, which are discussed in Weathering. The Testing Manual, are based on requirements of ASTM, ISO, BS,...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-77467-058-3 Published: Jan 2025Pages: 1024+xFigures: 830Tables: 66 Summary The 7th edition of the Handbook of Material Weathering is a comprehensive and systematic update of knowledge related to material weathering. It has been continuously revised and expanded to include the most recent advancements and discoveries in the field. The update is crucial...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-77467-048-4Hard copyPages 240+viiiPublished: Jan 2025 Summary The Encyclopedia takes a different approach to analyzing the effects of degradants on the degradation of materials as compared to the classical methods commonly used in weathering studies. Here are the key points: Limitations of Typical Weathering Studies: Conventional weathering studies often take place in...
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: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-77467-020-0 (hard copy) Published: Jan. 2023 Pages: 390 + viiiFigures: 77Tables: 33 Summary This handbook will be of value to a wide range of people involved in the plastics industry, including plastic manufacturing engineers, material scientists and production personnel, quality assurance managers, and laboratory technicians.It is the first book ever...
Description Editor: George Wypych ISBN 978-1- 77467-022-4 (hard copy)Published: Jan. 2023 Pages 894+xxiiTables 115, Figures 360 Summary Handbook of Plasticizers brings together in one place all that is known about this vital and rapidly expanding field. The book serves both as a basic reference source for researchers, engineers, and others involved in plastics processing,...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-77467-010-1 Edition: 1stPublished Jan. 2023Pages: 120+ivTables 12Figures 36Hardcover Summary The handbook and the databook series include separate books on many commonly used additives, such as Antiblocking Agents, Antioxidants, Biocides, Flame Retardants, Nucleating Agents, Plasticizers, Solvents, UV Stabilizers, and many others. This Handbook contains a selection of minor additives used in the...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1- 77467-024-8 (hardcover) Published: Jan 2023Pages 258+ivFigures 129Tables 44 Summary This book covers the comprehensive study of surface improvement and modification, including the introduction of a range of processing methods such as physical, chemical, and electrochemical treatments. The fundamentals of theory, design and application are thoroughly discussed. It offers an authoritative...
Description Author: Dr. Gerald Kutney ISBN 978-1-77467-026-2 Published: Jan. 2023Third EditionPages 238+viii Tables 42Figures 33 Summary This book, scientific and technical in nature, is written in a clear and concise style by the author who aims at presenting scholarly content to be understood by those who do not have a strong background in chemistry, and...
Description George WypychISBN 978-1-77467-002-6 Publication: January 2022Pages: 336Figures: 230 Summary The self-healing phenomenon, adapted from living things, was for a long time an exciting topic of discussion on the potential improvements of human-made products, but for quite a while, it became applicable reality useful in many manufactured products. Ironically, the expectations from the healing of...