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Description Author: N. C. Lee ISBN 978-1-85957-513-0 Published: 2006Pages: 204 Summary Blow moulding is a manufacturing process used to form hollow plastic parts. It evolved from the ancient art of glass blowing and it is used to particular advantage with plastic materials. Celluloid was used first to blow mould baby rattles and novelties in the 1930s,...
Description Author: D.J. Knight and M.B. Thomas ISBN 978-1-85957-372-3 Published: 2003pages 474 Summary There are many different chemicals and materials in use today. These are subject to stringent regulations, which include a requirement for physicochemical and toxicity testing. In some countries, existing chemicals are also undergoing safety checks. The aim is to determine their hazardous properties...
Description Author: S. Patrick ISBN 978-1-85957-511-6 Published: 2005Pages 162 Summary Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has been around since the late part of the 19th century, although it was not produced commercially until the 1920s; it is the second largest consumed plastic material after polyethylene. PVC products can be rigid or flexible, opaque or transparent, coloured, and insulating...
Description Author: R.J. Crawford and M.P. Kearns ISBN 978-1-85957-387-7 Published: 2003pages 184 Summary Rotational molding is a low pressure, a high temperature manufacturing method for producing hollow one-piece plastic parts. The molding process dates back hundreds of years to the Swiss use of the method to make hollow chocolate eggs. The technology involves aspects ranging from...
Description Author: Sergei Levchik, Marcelo Hirschler and Edward Weil ISBN 978-1-84735-442-6Published: 2011 Summary This Practical Guide presents one of the complete overviews of this important topic, covering smoke generation (including obscuration, toxicity, corrosivity), small and large scale smoke assessment, regulation of smoke, and methods of controlling smoke by plastics formulation. In particular, this book focuses...
Description Author: R.P. Brown and J.H. Greenwood ISBN 978-1-85957-312-9 Published: 2002 pages 180 Summary After price and delivery time, the most frequently asked question about a product is 'How long will it last?' Lifetime expectancy is often many years, the service conditions may be complex, and there is a scarcity of definitive data on durability. The situation...
Description Author: Prof. D. Acierno, Prof. F. P. La Mantia 10-ISBN 1-895198-04-6 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-04-1University of Salerno and University of Palermo, ItalyPublished: 1993230 pages, 11 tables, 152 figures Summary Liquid crystalline polymers receive a great deal of attention for their impact on polymer structure and morphology understanding and their practical applications. Practical benefits of LPCs use are numerous:A...
Description Author: Eds.: Günter Reiter, Gert R. Strobl ISBN 978-3-540-47305-3 Published: 2007pages 506, hardcover Summary In the context of polymer crystallization there are several still open and often controversially debated questions. The present volume addresses issues such as novel general views and concepts which help to advance our understanding of polymer crystallisation nucleation phenomena long living melt...
Description Author: Ed. Jacob I. Kleiman ISBN 978-1-4020-4281-2 Published: 2006pages 462, Hardcover Summary The effects of various space environment factors like atomic oxygen, vacuum ultraviolet radiation, charging, micrometeoroids, meteoroid showers, etc. on materials and structures in various orbits are discussed. In addition, the ways to prevent these effects or reduce them through protection by coatings or...
Description Author: J. Leadbitter, J.A. Day, J.L. Ryan ISBN 978-1-85957-029-6 Hydro Polymer Ltd.Review ReportPublished: 1994120 pages, softbound Summary This report reviews the composition and synthesis of PVC, composition and formulation technology, compounding and manufacturing technology, materials obtained by blending. 500 abstracts outlines suggested references which contain required data. From the Table of Contents: PVC Resins Homopolymers Copolymers...
Description Author: Stuart G. Patrick ISBN 978-1-85957-472-0 Published: 2004pages: 176 Summary The PVC global market size in 2000 was around 25,400 kt. Pipes and fittings constitute the largest volume application at 36% of the marketplace with profiles at 13%. Thus, PVC is one of the most widely used plastics in the world. This overview covers the basics...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-39-3 Published: 2008Second editionPages: 442Figures: 275 Tables: 66 Summary With the global renewal of interest in PVC, this book is well timed, considering that PVC stabilization is the most important aspect of its formulation and performance. Only four books have been published on PVC degradation and stabilization (the last one in the...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-85-0 Published: 2015Pages: 488 Figures: 283 Tables: 67 Summary PVC stabilization, the most important aspect of formulation and performance of this polymer, is discussed in details. This book contains all information required to design successful stabilization formula for any product made out of PVC.Only four books have ever been published...
Description Author: George Wypych ISBN 978-1-895198-84-3 Second edition Published: 2015Pages: 370 Figures: 130 Tables: 450 Summary The book has five chapters, each containing invaluable information for PVC manufacturers, processors, and users. In the first introductory chapter, the new product development and product re-engineering tools and the market for PVC products are discussed. In the second...
Description Author: R.S. Davidson ISBN 978-1-85957-288-7 Published: 2001pages 124 Summary This is a very readable review on the exciting, advancing technology of radiation curing. The principles upon which the technology is based, the equipment that is used and the materials which make up a radiation curable formulation are described. The applications of radiation curing are set...
Description Author: M. Forrest, Y. Davies and J. Davies ISBN 978-1-84735-023-7 Published: 2007420 pages, Wire bound Summary For the 3rd Edition of this popular, authoritative and respected book, the collection has been completely revised and enlarged, with the addition of around 200 new spectra bringing the total number in the library to around 800. A number...
Description Authors: Reiji Mezaki, Guang Hui Ma ISBN 978-1-895198-16-4 Summary This book is a compilation of rate expressions for industrially important polymerization reactions which have appeared in major technical journals in both chemistry and chemical engineering. In this text we have selected only homo- polymer systems with the exception of polycondensation systems although co- polymers are...
Description Author: Conference ISBN 978-1-84735-629-1 Published: 20119th International Conference on the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals and its Impact on US Trade Summary 30 November 2010 marked the deadline for chemical producers and importers to register all high volume and potentially toxic substances. Chemicals that have not been registered with the requisite safety information by...
Description Author: V P Begishev and A Ya Malkin 10-ISBN 1-895198-20-8 13-ISBN 987-1-895198-20-1 Published: 1999225 pages, 118 figures, 6 tables Summary The main goal of this book is to discuss various technological methods of reactive processing of polymers with a special emphasis on production of large size articles. The book also shows methods of scaling up from laboratory...
Description Author: Prof. F. P. La Mantia 10-ISBN 1-895198-03-8 13-ISBN 978-1-895198-03-4Published: 1993 Summary Recycling of materials is rapidly developing discipline because of environmental awareness, need to conserve materials and energy, and growing demand to increase production economy. This book combines topics discussing the state of art, analysis of processes successfully implemented in industrial practice, ideas concerning production...