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Description Author: Derek J Knight and Lesley A Creighton ISBN 978-1-85957-471-3 SafePharm Laboratories Ltd.Published: 2004Rapra Review Reports, Vol. 15, No. 5, Report 173pages 120 Summary A wide variety of plastics is used in food-contact applications and it is important that such plastics do not affect the food with which they come into contact. Given the obvious importance...
Description Author: P.G. Kelleher ISBN 978-0-902348-78-3 New Jersey Polymer Extension CenterPublished: 1993Review Report Summary This report covers semi and non-crystalline thermoplastics, polymer blends, and various classes of reinforcing fibers and their properties which determine their suitability for specific applications. The long-term properties are discussed and effect of external forces, heat, weathering, chemical attack, and frictional wear. The...
Description Author: P. Prentice ISBN 978-1-85957-053-1 The Nottingham Trent UniversityPublished: 199594 pages, softbound Summary This review encompases fundamental principles and rheological equations of state, polymer melt rheology (shear and extensional flow, viscoelasticity, die swell and melt fracture) and rheological measurement techniques. It describes the main plastics processing techniques and explains the influence of polymer melt rheology upon...
Description Author: Rüdiger Brummer ISBN 978-3-540-25553-6 Springer Laboratory Published: 2006pages 180, 184 illus., 139 in color., Hardcover Summary Cosmetic emulsions exist today in many forms for a wide variety of applications, including face and hand creams for normal, dry or oily skin, body milks, and lotions, as well as sun-block products. Keeping track of them and their...
Description Authors: Prof. Dr. Alexander Ya. Malkin, Prof. Dr. Avraam I. Isayev ISBN 978-1-927885-21-5 (hard copy)Published: 2017Pages 486+xivFigures 265 Summary The third edition of this excellent book brings many new additions, which include new methods and applications based on the most recently published literature. The most notable new sections discuss heterogeneity in flow, rheology of...
Description Authors: Prof. Dr. Alexander Ya. Malkin, Prof. Dr. Avraam I. Isayev ISBN 978-1-927885-93-2 (hard copy)Published: 2022Pages 520+xviFigures 300 Summary The fourth edition of this excellent book, used by many universities and companies for teaching and research purposes, brings significant current information on new methods and applications based on recently published literature. The most notable new...
Description Author: Prof. Alexander Ya. Malkin 10-ISBN 1-895198-09-7 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-09-6 Published: 1994315 pages, 101 figures Summary Most technological improvements are realized through application of rheology used to modify properties of materials. At the same time, rheology is a complex discipline not fully understood by most researchers and engineers. It is not because rheology is too difficult to understand...
Description Author: R.J. Crawford ISBN 978-1-85957-009-8 The Queens University of BelfastReview ReportPublished: 199386 pages, softbound Summary Prof. Crawford explains the fundamentals of rotational molding, with particular reference to advances in the key areas of materials, machinery, molds, and process control. He considers relationships between processing conditions and product properties and looks at the future of the...
Description Author: James L. Throne and R.J. Crawford ISBN 1-884207-85-5 Pages: 450 Summary This book clarifies and quantifies many of the technical interactions in the process. It distinguishes itself from other books on the subject by being a seamless story of the advanced aspects of the rotational molding process. There are seven chapters within the book.The...
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: Jinlian Hu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ISBN 9781909030329 Published: 2014Pages:308 Summary Shape-memory polymers (SMP) are a unique branch of the smart materials family which are capable of changing shape on-demand upon exposure to the external stimulus. The discovery of SMP made a significant breakthrough in the developments of novel smart materials for a...
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: Ganachaud, François; Boileau, Sylvie; Boury, Bruno (Eds.) ISBN 978-1-4020-8527-7 Published: 2008 285 p. 70 illus., Hardcover Summary Silicon Based Polymers presents highlights in advanced research and technological innovations using macromolecular organosilicon compounds and systems, as presented in the 2007 ISPO congress. Silicon-containing materials and polymers are used all over the world and in a variety...
Description Author: Dr. P. Jershow, Wacker-Chemie GmbH ISBN 978-1-85957-297-9 Published: 2002Pages: 164 Summary Silicone elastomers are important materials for many application areas such as automotive, electric and electronics, domestic appliances and medical. They are increasingly being used to substitute for organic rubbers, because of their advantageous properties. This is a very comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art...
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 ISBN 978-1-84735-395-5 Published: 2009 Pages: 20 papersFormat: Soft-backed Summary The third international conference on silicone elastomers informed the length and breadth of the silicone elastomers supply chain on current research developments and new applications. The application areas of silicone elastomers are widespread due to their wide spectrum of high performance qualities; temperature stability,...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-627-7Published: 2011 Summary Silicone elastomers have a unique combination of properties not found with organic elastomers, such as stability over a very wide temperature range, good electrical properties and environmental resistance, no smell or taste, high biocompatibility, low softness without plasticizers, and high colourability and transparency. Despite their relatively high...
Description Author: Martin Forrest ISBN 978-1-84735-097-8 Published: 2008Rapra Review ReportVol. 16, No. 8, Report 188Soft-backed, 297 x 210 mm, 124 pages. Summary in a variety of different food contact situations and conditions. The origin of this review report was a Food Standards Agency (FSA) project on food contact silicone based materials that was carried out at...
Description Author: Richard P. Pohanish ISBN 978-0-8155-1553-1 Published: 2008 5th Edition, 3,000 pages Summary For more than a quarter-century, Sittig’s Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens has continued to gather an ever-widening audience of users because it has proven to be among the most reliable, easy-to-use and essential reference works on hazardous materials. Sittig’s 5th...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-494-5 Published: 2010 Summary Smart Polymer Systems 2010 was iSmithers’ inaugural international conference on stimuli-responsive polymers. These material systems repeatedly dramatically react to small changes in their external environment in a predictable manner.With an immensely wide range of potential applications; biomembranes, intelligent textiles, tissue engineering and smart coatings to name a...