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Description Author: Hal Greenhouse ISBN 978-1-4377-7877-9 360 pages Summary This is a book about the integrity of sealed packages to resist foreign gases and liquids penetrating the seal or an opening (crack) in the package especially critical to the reliability and longevity of electronics. The author explains how to predict the reliability and the longevity of...
Description Author: Victor O. Sheftel ISBN 978-1-56670-499-1 1,320 pages Summary Now, more than ever, foods come packaged in containers designed for direct cooking or heating, which often causes the movement of substances - indirect additives - into foods. Because of their unique characteristics, plastics or polymeric materials (PM) have become the most important packaging material for...
Description Author: Peter Martin ISBN 978-0-470-63927-6 Hardcover 584 pages Summary This book provides a clear and understandable text for users and developers of advanced engineered materials, particularly in the area of thin films, and addresses fundamentals of modifying the optical, electrical, photo-electric, tribological, and corrosion resistance of solid surfaces and adding functionality to solids by...
Description Author: Steven M. Kurtz ISBN 978-1-4377-4463-7 306 pages Summary PEEK biomaterials are currently used in thousands of spinal fusion patients around the world every year. Durability, biocompatibility and excellent resistance to aggressive sterilization procedures make PEEK a polymer of choice replacing metal in orthopedic implants, from spinal implants and hip replacements to finger joints and...
Description Author: Laurence McKeen ISBN 978-1-4377-3469-0 Edition 3rdHardbound, 354 Pages Summary Permeability properties are essential data for the selection of materials and design of products across a broad range of market sectors from food packaging to Automotive applications to Medical Devices. This unique handbook brings together a wealth of permeability data in a form that enables...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-398-6 Published: 2010 Summary With the aerospace and defence industries poised for growth in virtually every segment; the commercial, general aviation, military and space sectors are a ‘must watch’ area for businesses seeking new business and technology opportunities. Accompanying this growth, polymers will play an increasing role, with, for example, a...
Description Author: David J. Kemmish ISBN 9781843755768 Published: 2011Pages:134Hard-cover Summary High-performance engineering plastics are used in a vast range of applications and environments. They are becoming increasingly important because of trends towards more reliable and higher performance machines and devices.This book gives readers a working knowledge and understanding of high performance engineering plastics. It starts...
Description Author: Johannes Karl Fink ISBN 978-1-4557-3149-7 Published: 2013A Concise Guide to Industrial Polymers Hardbound, 576 Pages Summary The use of reactive polymers enables manufacturers to make chemical changes at a late stage in the production process - these in turn cause changes in performance and properties. In order to achieve optimal performance, material selection and...
Description Author: Alfredo Campo ISBN 978-0-8155-1551-7 How to Select Design Properties from Different StandardsPublished: 2008Pages 253 pp, Hardback, 159 Illustrations Summary Today engineers, designers, buyers and all those who have to work with plastics face a dilemma. There has been a proliferation of test methods by which plastic properties are measured. The property data measured by these...
Description Author: George WypychISBN 978-1-927885-23-9 Published: 2017 Pages: 256 + vi Figures: 203 Summary Self-healing phenomenon, adapted from living things, was for a long time an interesting topic of discussion on the potential improvements of human-made products, but for quite a while it became applicable reality useful in many manufactured product. The book has three major...
Description Author: Various ISBN 978-0-444-52788-2 Published: 2010Approximately 4,000 pages Summary Coverage of all aspects of the corrosion phenomenon from the science behind corrosion of metallic and non-metallic materials in liquids and gases to the management of corrosion in specific industries and applications is given full attention. This multivolume book, containing approximately 4,000 pages, features cutting-edge topics...
Description Author: P. Mirau ISBN 978-1-85957-272-6 Published: 2001Pages: 144, Figures: 43, Tables: 2 Summary NMR spectroscopy has emerged as one of the most important methods for the solid-state characterization of polymers. This report gives an overview of the methods and applications of NMR to relevant polymer problems with an emphasis on how NMR can be used...
Description Author: Hans-Peter Heim and Helmut Potente 10-ISBN 1-884207-91-X 13-ISBN 978-1-884207-91-4 University of Paderborn, GermanyPages: 317, Figures: 207, Tables: 45 Summary A surge of new molding technologies is transforming plastics processing and material forms to the highly efficient, integrated manufacturing that will set industry standards in the early years of this century. Many of these emerging material-process...
Description Author: Laurence McKeen ISBN 978-0-8155-1585-2Published: 2009 Summary The second edition of the classic databook, The Effect of Creep and Other Time Related Factors on Plastics and Elastomers (originally published in 1991), has been extensively revised with the addition of an abundance of new data, the removal of all out-dated information, and the complete rebuilding...
Description Author: L McKeen ISBN 9780323221085 Published: 2013 Summary Key FeaturesEssential data and practical guidance for engineers and scientists working with plastics for use in high-temperature environmentsIncludes introductory chapters on polymer chemistry and its effect on thermal stability, providing the underpinning knowledge required to utilize the dataCovers a wide range of commercial polymer classes, saving readers...
Description Author: Laurence W McKeen ISBN 978-1-4557-2598-4 Published: 2012 480 pages Summary Key Features Essential data and practical guidance for engineers and scientists working with plastics in applications that require sterile packaging and equipment. 3rd edition includes new introductory chapters on sterilization processes and polymer chemistry, providing the underpinning knowledge required to utilize the data.' Provides...
Description Author: Laurence McKeen ISBN 978-1-4557-2851-0Published: 2013 Hardbound, 512 Pages Summary This reference guide brings together a wide range of essential data on the effect of weather and UV light exposure on plastics and elastomers, enabling engineers to make optimal material choices and design decisions. The data is supported by explanations of how to make use...
Description Author: Dr. Vannessa Goodship ISBN 978-1-906479-05-3 Published: 2010 Pages 190 softcover Summary The Instant Expert: Plastics, Processing, and Properties provides cleardescriptions of the wide range of plastic materials, and explanations of thebasic shaping and finishing processes. The author also talks about materialsproperties and testing, and provides some simple examples of why particularplastics are used in common or...
Description Author: T. R. Crompton ISBN 9781847355133 Published: 2012Number of pages 216, Hardcover Summary In recent years numerous research papers have been published on the changes in chemical structure and in physical properties of polymers when they are exposed to heat over a range of temperatures. For example, these changes can occur at any time during...
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...