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Description Author: Michael Tolinski, Contributing Editor, Plastics Engineering magazine ISBN 978-0-8155-2051-1 Hardbound, 304 Pages Summary This book focuses on the polyolefin additives that are currently important in the plastics industry, alongside new additives of increasing interest, such as nanofillers and environmentally sustainable materials. As much as possible, each chapter emphasizes the performance of the additives in...
Description Author: Daniel Klempner and Kurt Frisch, Editors ISBN 978-1-85957-275-7 University of Detroit Mercy, USAPages: 400, Figures: 214, Tables: 144 Summary This book presents reports on state-of-the-art developments in the field of urethane science, written by experts in their field. This volume is extensively illustrated and referenced. The reports in this book are highly technical with...
Description Author: M. Ionescu ISBN 978-1-85957-501-7 Pages 585 Summary Polyurethanes have become one of the most dynamic groups of polymers and they find use in nearly every aspect of modern life, in applications such as furniture, bedding, seating and instrument panels for cars, shoe soles, thermoinsulation, carpet backings, packaging, and as coatings. This book considers 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: Anna & George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-94-2 Published: 2016Number of pages: 368 Summary Databook of nucleating agents contains data on the most important products in use today. Two groups of data are included: data for chemical compounds used for the manufacture of nucleating agents (data included come from many available sources and contain extensive reference)...
Description Author: Professor P.H. Plesch ISBN 978-1-85957-270-2 pages: 772 Summary The interest in what were known at first as Friedel-Crafts polymerisations started in the 1930s and grew rapidly from the 1940s under the influence of the US Synthetic Rubber Programme and from the 1950s as a result of the Ziegler-Natta and related polymer developments. From 1944...
Description Author: L. A. Utracki 10-ISBN 1-895198-07-0 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-07-2 information on 176 blends and 1009 grades. 654 pages (8.5x11 '), 62 figures and photographs, 563 tables, 514 references, Summary Polymer blending is nearly as old as the polymers themselves. However, the literature dedicated to this technology is relatively recent, and primarily focused on the academic...
Description Author: Walther Grot, Ion Power, Inc. (former DuPont), Delaware, U.S.A. ISBN 978-1-4377-4457-6 Hardbound, 312 Pages Summary Fluorinated ionomer polymers form impermeable membranes that conduct electricity, properties that have been put to use in large-scale electrochemical applications, revolutionizing the chlor-alkali industry and transforming production methods of some of the world’s highest-production commodity chemicals: chlorine, sodium hydroxide, and...
Description Author: Albert L. Moore ISBN 0-8155-1517-0 Pages 325 Summary The comprehensive reference on fluoroelastomer chemistry, processing technology, and applications. This is a must-have reference for materials scientists and engineers in the automotive, aerospace, chemical, chemical process, and power generation industries. Fluoroelastomers meet rigorous performance requirements in harsh environments, enhancing reliability, safety, and environmental friendliness. Fluoroelastomers...
Description Author: Sina Ebnesajjad ISBN 1-884207-96-0 DuPont Fluoroproducts, Wilmington, DE, USA Summary This is the second of a two-volume series of books about fluoroplastics. Volume 1 covers the non-melt processible homopolymers, requiring non-traditional processing techniques. Volume 2 is devoted to the melt-processible fluoropolymers, their polymerization and fabrication techniques including injection molding, wire, tube, and film...
Description Author: Ebnesajjad & Morgan ISBN 978-1-4377-3461-4 Summary Key Features Fluoropolymer additives are becoming more widely used with key applications including use as a polymer processing aid (increasing speed and reducing faults) and as an additive to lubricants, inks and coatings. This book is the only practical guide available to the selection and use of...
Description Author: Edited by C. Vasile and A.K. Kulshreshtha ISBN 978-1-85957-249-8 Summary Volume One This is the first volume of a four volume set to be published in the next six months. This handbook is intended to provide an overview of the theory and practice of polymer blends and composites. It is a collection of...
Description Author: Edited by C. Vasile and A.K. Kulshreshtha ISBN 978-1-85957-278-8 Summary The extraordinary growth in the use of plastics in the last century is in response to a growing world population, with its increasing demands for more food, better health care, improved housing and numerous cheaper and abundant consumer products. What is expected of...
Description Author: Edited by C. Vasile and A.K. Kulshreshtha ISBN 1-85957-303-7 Summary The extraordinary growth in the use of plastics in the last century is in response to a growing world population, with its increasing demands for more food, better health care, improved housing and numerous cheaper and abundant consumer products. What is expected of...
Description Author: Edited by C. Vasile and A.K. Kulshreshtha ISBN 978-1-85957-304-4 Summary The extraordinary growth in the use of plastics in the last century is in response to a growing world population, with its increasing demands for more food, better health care, improved housing and numerous cheaper and abundant consumer products. What is expected of...
Description Author: Jiri George Drobny ISBN 978-08155-1549-4 Pages: 736 pp, Hardback, 315 Illustrations Summary Thermoplastic elastomers are one of the most in-demand groups of materials today. Their most attractive feature is that they can be processed like plastics, yet they exhibit properties that are close to vulcanized rubber. Consequently, they can be produced in a highly...
Description Author: Sidney H. Goodman ISBN 0-8155-1421-2 Pages: 525, Figures: 160, Tables: 165 Summary The Handbook of Thermoset Plastics is specifically aimed to help engineers, chemists, physicists, and students who need general, as well as technical, details concerning everything from historical data and terminology to highly specific curing and staging data. It is written so that...
Description Author: Debdatta Ratna ISBN 9781847354105 Pages: 422 Summary Handbook of Thermoset Resins is intended to be a self-sufficient guide dedicated to "thermoset resins", an important class of polymer materials. The book begins with a general introduction to thermoset and is ended with thermoset nanocomposites, a subject of current interest. Use this to make a knowledge-base...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-625-3 Available in April Summary The event was dedicated to the advances in plastic materials that are tuned to excel even in harsh environments and tough service conditions. Some key driving factors for the continued growth of these materials include:Oil and gas where the exploitation of hotter and deeper wells has...
Description Author: S Ebnesajjad ISBN 9781455774425 Materials, Technology, and Applications Pages: 336 Summary Key Features- Demystifies fluoropolymers for a broad audience of engineers in areas such as product design and manufacturing.- Unlocks the potential of fluoropolymers for a wide range of applications across sectors such as aerospace, energy, and medical devices.- Ideal for both recently qualified engineers,...