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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...
Description Author: T.R. Crompton ISBN 978-1-85957-492-8 Pages: 704 Soft-backed Summary This book describes the types of techniques now available to the polymer chemist and technician and discusses their capabilities, limitations, and applications. All types of modern instrumentation are covered including those used in general quality control, research analysis, process monitoring and for determining the mechanical, electrical,...
Description Author: Yuri S. Lipatov 10-ISBN 1-895198-08-9 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-08-9 Academy of Sciences of Ukraine385 pages, 117 figures Summary The main topics of this book are fillers, their interface with polymers, composites, blends, and alloys. Treatment of the subject is fundamental based on principles of surface phenomena, the physico-chemical theory of filling, the theory of adsorption, surface adhesion,...
Description Author: Ed. Manfred Stamm ISBN 978-3-540-73864-0 Approx., 300 p., HardcoverNot yet published. Available: January 3, 2008 Summary Surfaces and interfaces of polymers play an important role in most of the application areas of polymers, e.g. moulds, foils, thin films, coatings, adhesive joints, blends, composites, biomaterials or applications in micro- and nanotechnology. Therefore it is very...
Description Author: Masami Okamoto, Toyota Technological Institute ISBN 978-1-85957-391-4 166 pages, Soft-backedVol. 14, no. 7, report 163, 2003 Summary Polymer/clay nanocomposites have received a lot of attention over the last decade. Companies such as Nanocor and Honeywell are already commercially exploiting nanocomposite materials. A small amount of nanodispersed filler leads to an improvement in material properties,...
Description Author: Smithers Rapra by Suzanne Wilkinson ISBN 978-1-84735-086-2 Published: 2008Soft-backed, 297 x 210 mm, 40 pages. Summary REACH, the EU regulation for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals, entered into force in June 2007. Its central aim is to protect human health and the environment from the risks arising from the use of chemicals....
Description Author: K. Cousins ISBN 978-1-85957-190-3 Published: 2000110 pages, softbound Summary This report concentrates on the developments in polymeric materials and processes for cable specification and design. The main sections provide an overview of polymer used by a material with the main end-use markets examined: automotive, rail transport, aerospace, building and construction, business machines and computer networks,...
Description Author: Joel Fried ISBN 978-1-84735-093-0 Published: 2010Pages: 136, Soft-backed Summary This review report gives an overview of how polymers are used in aerospace applications. Topics covered include: Composites, including thermosets, thermoplastics, and nanocomposites. Fibre reinforcement of the composites and the specialised applications are also covered. For each type of composite, the chemistry, cure methods, fabrication...
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: Conference ISBN 978-1-84735-019-0 Published: 2007Toulouse, France, 18-19 September 2007Rapra Conference Proceedings, 2007 Summary Polymers play a vital role in many defence and aerospace applications and there is a huge amount of activity underway globally to produce new polymers and polymeric materials that can enhance these applications. Composites are one such example where materials have...
Description Author: Rapra Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-84735-009-1 Munich, Germany, 30-31 January 2007 Summary This conference saw presentations from all parts of the electronics industry’s materials supply chain, from raw materials to finished products and offered an opportunity to learn more about both traditional and new polymer materials, their markets, manufacturing processes, and applications. It also covered the...
Description Author: N.J. Mills ISBN 978-1-85957-434-8 Published: 2004pages 138 Summary Polymer Foams are used in many different types of applications and it is hard to find an area where they are not utilised. Polyolefin Foams are a relatively recent development compared to the other types of foam. The Polyolefin foam processes were developed in the 1960s...
Description Author: Clive Maier, Teresa Calafut 10-ISBN 1-884207-58-8 13-ISBN 978-1-884207-58-7Published: 1998Pages: 425, Figures: 315 , Tables: 115 Summary Polypropylene, The Definitive User's Guide and Databook present in a single volume a panoramic and up-to-the-minute user's guide for today's most important thermoplastic. The book examines every aspect - science, technology, engineering, properties, design, processing, applications - of the...
Description Author: Vannessa Goodship ISBN 978-1-84735-095-4 Published: 2009Rapra Review Report 191, Vol. 16, No. 11, 2009 Pages: 142 Summary For a number of years, plastic wastes have been accumulating at such a rate that there are now huge environmental concerns with their disposal. Options such as landfill and incineration have not been well received by...