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The second edition of the very popular Handbook of Thermoset Plastics gives an up to date overview of this select segment of the huge plastics field. It provides a practical, industry oriented compendium of current data, descriptions, technology and applications of thermoset plastics. This book helps engineers, scientists, technicians and students make the right decisions and take the correct actions and thereby avoid the pitfalls uncovered in the 175 years of combined experience of the contributers. The Handbook of Thermoset Plastics, in this Second Edition, is written so both non-specialists can follow along easily. Specifics concerning everything from historical data and terminology to highly specialized curing and staging data to applications, recent developments and current research are covered. It provides the reader with the practical implications of crosslinking, the relationship between time, temperature and mass, and relevant issues regarding the chemical synthesis of these materials. Information often ignored in the general overviews allotted to thermoset plastics in other handbooks. Tables, figures, references and a comprehensive index provide access to key information, specific examples and extensive lists of properties and relationships. The Handbook of Thermoset Plastics - Second Edition offers the most complete collection of general and technical details available for these resins and adds to the growing, and significant, practical understanding of their chemical processes, manufacturing techniques, design and properties. Extensive Coverage of: Phenol-Formaldehyde Amino and Furan Resins Unsaturated Polyester and Vinyl Ester Resins Allyls Epoxy Resins Thermoset Polyurethanes High Performance Polymides and Related Thermoset Polymers Polymer-Ceramic Materials Silicones Crosslinked Thermoplastics.

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Prof. Hanna Dodiuk is Head of the Department of Polymers and Plastics Engineering at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, in Israel. After completing her Ph.D. at the Chemistry Department of Tel-Aviv University in 1977, Prof. Dodiuk worked in postdoctoral roles at Tel-Aviv University and at the University of Goettingen, Germany. In 1979, she joined the Israeli Armament Development Authority (ADA), holding positions as Head of Adhesion Group in the Materials and Processes Department from 1981, and Director of the Materials and Processes Department from 1991. Prof. Dodiuk joined Shenkar College as an Affiliate Associate Professor in 1996, becoming Full Professor in 2000 and Head of the Department of Polymers and Plastics Engineering in 2006. She has also held short-term roles as Visiting Scientist Consultant and Visiting Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA), Visiting Professor and Invited Professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell (USA), and Visiting Scientist at Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany).

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