Brydson's plastics materials. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Plastics materials
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Marianne Gilbert.
• Editors: Gilbert, Marianne
• Contents: Front Cover; Brydson's Plastics Materials; Dedication; Brydson's Plastics Materials; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Preface to the Eighth Edition; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations for Plastics; STANDARDS FOR PLASTICS MATERIALS; STANDARDS FOR THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; ISO STANDARDS FOR VARIOUS PLASTICS ADDITIVES; REFERENCES; Standard Test Methods; REFERENCES; 1 -- Plastics Materials: Introduction and Historical Development; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE FIRST PLASTICS; 1.3 PRE-1900; 1.4 1900-1930; 1.4.1 Casein; 1.4.2 Formaldehyde Resins; 1.4.3 Cellulose Acetate; 1.5 1930-1940; 1.6 1940-1950 1.7 1950-19601.8 1960-2000; 1.9 RAW MATERIALS FOR PLASTICS; 1.10 PLASTICS NOW; 1.10.1 Health and Safety and the Environment; 1.10.2 Sustainability; REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; 2 -- The Chemical Nature of Plastics Polymerization; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 LINEAR AND CROSS-LINKED MOLECULES; 2.3 COPOLYMERS AND BLENDS; 2.3.1 Random Copolymers; 2.3.2 Block Copolymers; 2.3.3 Alternating Copolymers; 2.3.4 Graft Copolymers; 2.3.5 Other Methods of Combining Polymers; 2.4 MOLAR MASS AND MOLAR MASS DISTRIBUTION; 2.4.1 General Information; 2.4.2 Measurement of Molar Mass and Molar Mass Distribution 2.5 THE CHEMISTRY OF CHAIN REACTION POLYMERIZATION2.5.1 Free-Radical Polymerization; 2.5.2 Basic Kinetics of Free-Radical Addition Polymerization; 2.5.3 Controlled Radical Polymerization; 2.5.4 Ionic Polymerization; 2.5.5 Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Polymerization; 2.6 STEP REACTION POLYMERIZATION; REFERENCES; 3 -- States of Aggregation in Polymers; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; 3.2.1 Physical States in Amorphous Polymers; 3.2.2 The Glass Transition Temperature; 3.2.3 Sub-Tg Transitions; 3.2.4 Physical Aging (Struik, 1978); 3.2.5 Orientation in Amorphous Polymers 3.3 CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Crystallinity in Polymers; 3.3.2.1 Single Crystals; 3.3.2.2 Reexamination of Crystalline Structure in Bulk Polymers (Bassett, 1981); 3.3.3 Physical States in Crystalline Polymers; 3.3.4 Temperature Dependence of Crystallization Rate; 3.3.5 Orientation in Crystalline Polymers; 3.3.6 Liquid Crystal Polymers; 3.4 CROSS-LINKED STRUCTURES; 3.5 IMPACT MODIFICATION OF PLASTICS; 3.5.1 Copolymers; 3.5.2 Plasticizers; 3.5.3 Polymer Blends; 3.5.4 Hard Fillers, Pigments, and Foams; 3.5.5 Core-Shell Elastomer Impact Modifier Particles; 3.6 SUMMARY
• Edition: Eighth edition
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 668.4; Plastics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Chemical & Biochemical; Plastics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323370226; 0323370225
• Related ISBNs: 9780323358248; 0323358241
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 5, 2016).
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