Plastics Technology Handbook

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Updated throughout to reflect advances over the last decade the Fifth Edition continues the handbook’s tradition of authoritative coverage of fundamentals production methods properties and applications of plastics and polymer-based materials. It covers tooling for plastics fabrication processes thermoplastics thermosetting plastics foamed plastics reinforced plastics plastisols and new developments in mold design. It also discusses rubber compounding and processing technologies. More recent developments in polymer fabrication and processing including electrospinning electrografted coating polymer-metal hybrid joining flex printing and rapid prototyping/ 3D printing are also presented. The handbook highlights advanced materials including natural and synthetic gfnanosize polymers their unusual properties and innovative applications as well as polymer-carbon nanocomposites graphene-based polymer nanocomposites smart healable polymer composites smart polymer coatings electroactive polymers polymer nanomaterials and novel nano-/microfibrillar polymer composites. It offers updates on polymer solar battery development plastics recycling and disposal methods new concepts of upcycling and single-polymer composites renewable synthetic polymers biodegradable plastics and composites and toxicity of plastics. The book also provides an overview of new developments in polymer applications in various fields including packaging building and construction corrosion prevention and control automotive aerospace applications electrical and electronic applications agriculture and horticulture domestic appliances and business machines medical and biomedical applications marine and offshore applications and sports. | Plastics Technology Handbook