Overview

This work covers the composition of virtually all polymer blends. Part 1 provides a short history of polymer science and technology. Part 2 summarizes the reasons for, and the scientific principles of, blending and presents the current state of knowledge in the fields of interfacial properties, compatibilization, morphology, flow behaviour and performance. The chronological evolution of blend technology is presented in Parts 3 (commodity resin blends) and 4 (engineering and speciality resin blends). The text seeks to aid in the development of new blends for specific applications. Appendicies cover abbreviations, commercial blend names, examples of major blends and a summary list of patents. The text presents a systematic discussion of polymer-polymer blends. Evolution of each blend is traced from the very beginning to the present day, providing a description of how the blends were prepared, what compatibilizers and secondary polymeric components were added, what results were obtained and why. The text also focuses on special functional blends, such as blends developed for the control of permeability by gases and liquids, electrostatic dissipative or electrically conductive blends, biodegradable blends and molecular composites, as well as discussing the recycling of polymers and polymer blends. The books comes complete with a fully searchable CD-ROM database containing information on: international abbreviations for polymers and polymer processing; commercial polymer blends; examples of the major types of polymer blends (complete with supplier name and comments); and polymer blends' discoveries and developments (including year of patent, comments and references for each polymer blend). This book should be of interest to engineers in the resin manufacturing companies; compounders; processing engineers in the processing industry; lecturers; graduate students; and diploma students in the chemical, chemical engineering and materials science departments.

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Author:   L.A. Utracki
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   1998 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.480kg
ISBN:  

9780412810206

ISBN 10:   0412810204
Pages:   658
Publication Date:   31 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preamble. Abbreviations in Appendices. Part One: Polymer Science and Technology. 1. Introduction. 2. Polymer Industry. 3. Development of Polymer Processing. 4. Development of Polymer Science. 5. Nomenclature of Polymeric Systems. Part Two: Technical and Economic Rationality for Polymer Blending. 6. Reasons for, benefits and problems of blending. 7. Morphology. 8. Rheology. 9. Development of Polymer Blends. Part Three: Commodity Resin Blends. 10. Styrenics: Polystyrene and Styrene Copolymers. 11. Polyvinylchloride. 12. Polyvinylidene Halide Blends. 13. Poly(methy)methacrylate, PMA and PMMA, Blends. 14. Polyethylene Blends. 15. Polypropylene. Part Four: Engineering Resin Blends. 16. Polyamide Blends. 17. Polyester Blends. 18. Polycarbonate Blends.19. Polyoxymethylene (Acetal Resins). 20. Polyphenleneether. 21. Specialty Resin Blends. 22. Recycling and Biodegradable Blends. References. Appendices: I. List of international abbreviations for polymers. II. List of the commercial blends. III. The major types of polymer blends. IV. Polymer blends discoveries and developments. Index.

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