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Description Author: George Wypych, Editor ISBN 978-1895198-64-5 Published: 2014Pages 900 Summary Each chapter in this volume is focused on a specific set of solvent properties which determine its choice, effect on properties of solutes and solutions, properties of different groups of solvents and the summary of their applications' effect on health and environment (given in tabulated...
Description Author: Todorka G Vladkova ISBN 9781847356581 Published: 2013 Hardcover Pages: 590 Summary Biomaterials work in contact with living matter and this gives a number of specific requirements for their surface properties, such as bioinertness or bioactivity, antibiofouling, and so on. Surface engineering based on physical, chemical, physical-chemical, biochemical or biological principles is important for...
Description Author: Fang Liu ISBN 9781847355379Publish: 2011 Summary The preferred route for drug delivery remains the oral route, but oral drug delivery has now developed beyond traditional dosage forms such as tablets and capsules. Nowadays it is possible to use polymers to allow drugs to be targeted to specific sites in the gastrointestinal tract, and...
Description Author: P.P. Dee, N. Roy Choudhury, and N.K. Dutta ISBN 978-1-84735-103-6 Published: 2010Pages: 546 Summary Thermal analysis is a group of techniques in which a physical property of a substance is measured as a function of temperature, while the substance is subjected to a controlled temperature programme. In the differential thermal analysis, the temperature difference...
Description Author: P.R. Wood ISBN 978-1-85957-496-6 Pages 127 Summary This report describes the current state of the art in mixing from a practical viewpoint. Developments that have taken place in mixing equipment over the last eight or nine years have been significant, with almost all major machinery makers having made innovations of one type or another....
Description Author: Eleanor Garmson and Frances Gardiner ISBN 978-1-84735-491-4 Pages: 142, Hard cover Summary This multi-authored book - from some of the leading researchers and practitioners on this topic - is a distinctive look at how to maximize profitability through environmental compliance in the plastics supply chain, a topic of great and ever-growing interest in the...
Description Author: G. Polaski, J. Means, B. Stull, P. Warren, K. Allen, D. Mowrey and B. Carney, Lord Corporation ISBN 978-1-85957-495-9 Pages 150 Summary This review has been written as a practical approach to bonding various kinds of elastomers to substrates such as steel and plastics, as used in the manufacture of diverse products such as...
Description Author: A.K. Haghi and G.E. Zaikov ISBN 978-1-84735-603-1 Pages:204 Summary Nanofibres are defined as fibers with diameters on the order of 100 nanometres. They can be produced by interfacial polymerisation and electrospinning. Nanofibres are included in garments, insulation and in energy storage. They are also used in medical applications, which include drug and gene delivery,...
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: T. R. Crompton ISBN 978-1-84735-482-2 Pages: 236, Hardcover Summary The combination of chromatography with mass spectroscopy is a very useful technique which is being increasingly used by polymer chemists to improve existing polymers and to discover new ones with specific physical properties such as thermal stability and retention of properties over a long service...
Description Author: Conference ISBN 978-1-85957-276-4 Brussels, Belgium, 18th-19th June 2001pages 128 Summary This international two-day conference is now firmly established as Europe’s premier meeting place for the thermoplastic elastomers sector. The last two events brought together more than 200 key players involved in all stages of the TPE supply chain. The TPE 2001 conference programme was...
Description Author: J.A. Brydson ISBN 978-1-85957-044-9 Published: 1995 110 pages, softbound Summary The nature and general properties of TPEs are explained and classes of materials considered. Developments in specific market sectors are outlined. The groups of materials considered include styrenics, polyether-esters, polyamides, polyurethanes, and polyolefins. The review is supported by extensive references and abstracts section containing over...
Description Author: E. Riande and R. Diaz-Calleja ISBN 978-0-824753467 pages 600 Summary The authors explore the properties of quasi-static dipoles, reviewing Brownian motion, Debye theory, Langevin and Smoluchowski equations, and the Onsager model. This reference displays Maxwell and entropy equations, along with several others, that depict the thermodynamics of dielectric relaxation. Featuring end-of-chapter problems and useful...
Description Author: Prof. F. P. La Mantia 10-ISBN 1-895198-03-8 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-03-4Published: 1993 Summary Recycling of materials is rapidly developing discipline because of environmental awareness, need to conserve materials and energy, and growing demand to increase production economy. This book combines topics discussing the state of art, analysis of processes successfully implemented in industrial practice, ideas concerning production...
Description Author: Prof. D. Acierno, Prof. F. P. La Mantia 10-ISBN 1-895198-04-6 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-04-1University of Salerno and University of Palermo, ItalyPublished: 1993230 pages, 11 tables, 152 figures Summary Liquid crystalline polymers receive a great deal of attention for their impact on polymer structure and morphology understanding and their practical applications. Practical benefits of LPCs use are numerous:A...
Description Author: Charles M. Hansen ISBN 9780849372483 pages 544 Summary Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs) are used to predict molecular affinities, solubility, and solubility-related phenomena. Revised and updated throughout, Hansen Solubility Parameters: A User's Handbook, Second Edition features the three Hansen solubility parameters for over 1200 chemicals and correlations for over 400 materials including polymers, inorganic salts,...
Description Author: Report ISBN 978-1-84735-002-2 Frankfurt, Germany, 19-20 September 2006 Summary Silicone elastomers are important materials for many application areas such as automotive, electric and electronics, gaskets, domestic appliances, fabric coatings (e.g. airbags), baby bottle teats, and medical devices. They are increasingly being used to substitute for organic rubbers, because of their advantageous properties, such as...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings, 2002 ISBN 978-1-85957-314-3 Barcelona, Spain, 18th- 19th March 2002 Summary The comprehensive technical programme provided presentations from leading experts in the injection moulding and related fields. Papers covered material development and design solutions, optimisation of the injection moulding process through 3D simulation techniques and computer-aided engineering (CAE), issues of globalisation within the...
Description Author: P.R. Lewis ISBN 0-902348-75-2 The Open University, Department of MaterialsReview Report Summary Dr. Lewis surveys plastic design from the point of view of material properties and processing technology. Several are aspects are also included such as legal implications of intellectual property, product liability, ergonomic ans esthetic design, parts consolidation and recyclability. Table of Contents...
Description Author: Rapra Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-85957-450-8 Brussels, Belgium, 15-16 September 2004210 pages Summary To meet the market demands there are many technical developments in hand by TPE manufacturers and compounders such as greater thermal, oxidative and weathering stability; softer grades of premium TPEs; improved properties such as resilience, oil resistance, flammability, smoke emission, fogging, adhesion...