Clear and comprehensive, this volume is not only an informative guide for practitioners in the field of plastics, but also an indispensable aid for plastics engineers, polymer scientists, chemists, ph...
From plastics with the strength and durability of metal to mass-producedskins, sensuous plastics, and rental DVDs that expire 48 hours after you'veopened the packaging, Plastics 2 offers a fascinating...
From plastics with the strength and durability of metal, to mass-produced skins, sensuous plastics, and rental DVDs that expire 48 hours after you've opened the packaging, The Plastics Handbook offers...
A comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the major mineral and organic fillers for plastics, their production, structure and properties, as well as their applications in terms of primary and seconda...
Modern polymer/additive deformulation is essentially carried out according to three different approaches, in increasing order of sophistication, namely analysis of analytes separated from the polymer ...
Plastic wastes in the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream and in the industrial sector are discussed in this book. Quantities of plastic wastes generated, characterization of the wastes, their environm...
Now in its 5th edition, Industrial Plastics: Theory and Applications is back, with the extensive, detailed graphics and practical lab exercises that made previous editions so popular. In this latest e...
Product Developers have found a wide array of application for thermoplastics in the automotive interior and exterior parts, business machines, medical, telecommunications equipment, microwaveable pack...
In spite of extensive efforts, material weathering testing still requires improvement. This book presents findings and opinions of experts in material degradation testing. The aim is to improve testin...
This book has been prepared as a reference on manufacturing techniques and applications of fiberglass reinforced plastics. It provides discussion of properties, concepts and is written for the potenti...
Plastic objects are included more than ever in museums and galleries collections these days, but these items can start to deteriorate when they a just a few years old. In this book Yvonne Shashoua pro...
Now in its Third Edition, Plastics is the key text for senior students studying the science and engineering of plastic materials. Starting from microstructure and physical properties, the book covers ...
The issuance of a new edition of a technical reference text usually signifies that the material in the book has provided repeated value-added information to the reader/buyer. It is a benchmark for the...
The second edition of the Handbook of Plastics Joining is a unique reference publication that provides detailed descriptions of joining processes and an extensive compilation of data on the joining of...
This book presents an overview of mixed plastics recycling technology. In addition, it characterizes mixed plastics wastes and describes collection methods, costs, and markets for reprocessed plastics...
In recent years there have been certain scare stories about the possible negative effects on human health from some of these materials. However, today, it is realised that it is often not the polymers...
As in the successful first edition, this book provides straightforward information on plastic materials and technology, including the options for recycling plastics, with special focus on mechanical r...
Plastics play an indispensable role in the worlds' economy, accounting for more than $310 billion dollars in annual shipments. This work includes the latest industry specifications and standards. It c...
Pyrolysis is a recycling technique converting plastic waste into fuels, monomers, or other valuable materials by thermal and catalytic cracking processes. It allows the treatment of mixed, unwashed pl...
The broad collection of techniques gathered in this book help illustrate material/process/property relationships for a wide selection of materials and processes in the plastics industry. With the rece...
Chemical Resistance of Plastics and Elastomers is the world's largest compilation of data that explains the effect of thousands of reagents, the environment and other exposure media on the properties ...