Overview

The 20th Century World has been transformed by the discovery and use of plastics. Today plastic materials are used in a wide variety of applications, from building and construction to packaging, from sports equipment to transportation. The vast number of plastics materials discovered over the past 40 years and their wide range of properties make them uniquely suited to a very broad spectrum of applications. This combination of the successful utilisation of the materials and the number of types of material available has led to the growth of an array of technical terms within the field. The Dictionary is intended as a reference tool for readers to negotiate these terms. The main part of the Technical Dictionary of Plastics Materials presents a comprehensive set of extended definitions of technical terms relating to all facts of the materials aspect of plastics technology.The definitions cover the nature of plastics materials, their composition (including relevent non-polymeric componants and additives, such as stabilisers, fillers, colourants, etc), their properties (including methods of property determination, testing, and evaluation), their applications, and their handling and behaviour in processing. In many cases reference is given to the relevant technical standards from the International (ISO), British (BSI), and American (ASTM) standards. In addition to the main part of the Dictionary containing the definitions there are two further sections. The first gives explanations of the abbreviated terms (letter symbols) used for the parent polymer and for the other constituents of plastics materials, while the second identifies the trade names of a number of plastics materials and their components.

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Author:   W.V. Titow
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Pergamon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.970kg
ISBN:  

9780080418919

ISBN 10:   0080418910
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   21 August 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. General Introduction. Part 1. Technical Terms. Introduction. Definitions of terms. Part 2. Abbreviated Terms (Letter Symbols) for the Base Polymers and Other Components of Plastics Materials, and Some Miscellaneous Abbreviations and Acronyms of Relevance to Plastics. Section 1 - Abbreviated terms (letter symbols) for polymers and co-polymers. Section 2 - Abbreviated terms (letter symbols) for polymer mixtures (blends and alloys). Section 3 - Abbreviated terms (letter symbols) for plasticisers. Section 4 - Abbreviated terms (letter symbols) for miscellaneous components of plastics. Section 5 - Other abbreviations of relevance to plastics. Part 3. Trade Names. Section 1 - Trade names of polymers and polymer compounds. Section 2 - Trade names of plasticisers. Section 3 - Trade names of miscellaneous components of plastics materials. References. Section 1 - Technical terminology standards cited in Part 1. Section 2 - Standards for abbreviated terms (letter symbols) cited in Part 2. Section 3 - Other informative references.

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