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Description Author: John M. Chalmers and Robert J. Meier ISBN 978-0-444-53056-1 776 pages Summary This book will be of particular interest to those engaged in polymer research and development and polymer product characterization and analysis. It will be of significant value to polymer groups and research institutions within academia, industrial laboratories and third-party contract organisations/laboratories involved...
Description Author: Smithers Rapra By Peter Jones ISBN 978-1-84735-088-6 Soft-backed, 255 x 190 mm, 556 pages. Summary This book provides design engineers, toolmakers, moulding technicians and production engineers with an in depth guide to the design and manufacture of mould tools that work successfully in production. It highlights the necessity to design a mould tool that...
Description Author: V. Goodship and J.C. Love, The University of Warwick ISBN 978-1-85957-327-3 pages: 116, figures: 23, tables: 6 Summary Injection moulding is the most important of all the commercial methods of plastics processing. Many variations have been developed and one of the rapidly expanding fields is multi-material injection moulding. This is particularly important where processors...
Description Author: John R. Wagner, Jr. ISBN 978-0-8155-2021-4 258 pages Summary A comprehensive and highly practical survey of the materials, hardware, processes, and applications of flexible plastic films.Aimed at a wide audience of engineers, technicians, managers, purchasing agents and users, Multilayer Flexible Packaging provides a thorough introduction to the manufacturing and applications of flexible plastic films,...
Description Author: Richard H. D. Beswick of bms AG and David J. Dunn of bms North America ISBN 978-1-85957-360-0 Rapra Market ReportPages 134 Summary This latex market report gives a comprehensive introduction to both natural and synthetic polymers in one volume. This is a “hot” subject because of the tremendous changes in the market. These have...
Description Author: R. Lambourne and T. A. Strivens ISBN 1-884207-73-1 Second Edition950 pages Summary The first edition (1986) of this book became immediately recognized for its professional treatment of this important subject. Several thousand copies of this book are used worldwide. R. Lambourne, the Editor of the first edition assembled the team of leading specialists in...
Description Author: Professor David Jones ISBN 978-1-85957-479-9 pages 124 Summary Polymers are becoming increasingly important in the field of drug delivery. The pharmaceutical applications of polymers range from their use as binders in tablets to viscosity and flow controlling agents in liquids, suspensions and emulsions. Polymers can be used as film coatings to disguise the unpleasant...
Description Author: Gargallo, Ligia, Radic, Deodato ISBN 978-1-4020-9371-5 242 p., Hardcover Summary As the title suggests, this monograph features the physicochemical behavior and supramolecular organization of polymers. The book consists of four chapters dealing with solution properties, viscoelastic behavior, physicochemical aspects at interfaces and supramolecular structures of polymeric systems. The classical treatment of the physicochemical behavior...
Description Author: J. Innes and A. Innes ISBN 978-1-85957-435-5 pages 148 Summary Plastics are increasingly being used in applications where flame retardancy properties are critical. For example, in household appliances, car interiors, cable insulation and computer casings. The earliest flame retardants comprised vinegar and alum, which were used on wood and textiles. Today there is a...
Description Author: A.S. Wilson ISBN 978-1-85957-063-0 Summary This report considers the whole subject of external plasticizers. The following topics are included: function, mechanism and performance criteria, types, selection for application, health and safety issues. The abstract section is also included which contains the most relevant publications.
Description Author: Anna Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-58-4 Pages: 626 Tables: 356 Hardcover Summary Plasticizer Databook contains data on selection of the most important plasticizers in use today. The selection includes 375 generic and commercial plasticizers. The generic plasticizers contain data for the particular chemical compound from numerous sources and these generic plasticizer tables usually contain the...
Description Author: Anna Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-57-7 version 3.0 Number of plasticizers: 1475Number of data fields: 105 Summary Plasticizer Database V.3 is a new edition of database last published in 2004. The new edition has the same structure as the previous database but it is completely updated to the present status of plasticizer production. Since 2004, substantial...
Description Author: M.J. Forrest, Rapra Technology Ltd ISBN 978-1-85957-333-4 pages: 110, figures: 15 Summary Plastics can present a very difficult challenge to the analyst. The plastic may contain a variety of additives, including other polymers, which are used to enhance the properties of the plastic compound. For example, plasticisers, inorganic fillers, antidegradants, fire retardants, and specialist...
Description Author: I. Boustead ISBN 978-1-85957-016-6 110 pages, softbound Summary The plastics industry, like most others, was slow to respond to environmental pressures. Partly as a consequence of this it now faces irrational prejudices and demands which may lead to inappropriate decisions in response to undoubtedly real problems. Plastics possess some special characteristics but most of...
Description Author: John Moalli, Editor 10-ISBN 1-884207-92-8 13-ISBN 978-1-884207-92-1Pages: 341, Figures: 284 , Tables: 42 Summary General methods of product failure evaluation give powerful tools in product improvement. Such methods, discussed in the book, include practical risk analysis, failure mode and effect analysis, preliminary hazard analysis, progressive failure analysis, fault tree analysis, mean time between failures,...
Description Author: Arnold Tukker, TNO ISBN 978-1-85957-331-0 pages: 110, figures: 3, tables: 5 Summary Protection of our environment is now a global priority and legislation is being introduced in regions such as the European Union to ensure that material usage is maximised. Much of the development work has been pioneered in Germany which introduced very strict...
Description Author: Reiji Mezaki and Guang-Hui Ma 10-ISBN 1-895198-21-6 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-21-8Mitsubishi Research Institute & Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan Summary Nearly 55% of world patents in polymer blends and alloys are issued in Japan, and only a fraction of those is ever available in English translation (Chemical Abstracts, the most extensive source, includes...
Description Author: Reiji Mezaki 10-ISBN 1-895198-13-5 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-13-3415 pages Summary Nearly 55% of world patents in polymer blends and alloys are issued in Japan, and only a fraction of those is ever available in English translation (Chemical Abstracts, the most extensive source, includes short notes on less than 80% Japanese Patents). This creates two problems: inventors...
Description Author: Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-85957-446-1 160 pages Summary The conference aimed to widen the area of discussion from a purely rubber or purely plastic based topic to include those additional related bonding application areas. Papers discussing bonding within the polymer industries and from academic researchers will enable the reader to more fully understand the problems...
Description Author: Various ISBN 978-1-84735-422-8 pages 158, hard cover Summary 'The worldwide market for polymer electronic products has been estimated to be worth up to £15 billion by 2015 and the opportunity for new markets could be as high as £125billion by 2025.' The rapid development of polymer electronics has revealed the possibility for transforming the...