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The Effect of Long Term Thermal Exposure on Plastics and Elastomers, Second Edition brings together a wide range of essential data on the effect of long-term thermal exposure on plastics and elastomers, enabling engineers to make optimal material choices and design decisions. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to include the latest data and materials. This highly valuable handbook will support engineers, product designers, R&D professionals, and scientists who are working on plastics products or parts for high temperature environments across a range of industries. This readily available data will make it easy for practitioners to learn about plastic materials and their long- term thermal exposure without having to search the general literature or depend on suppliers. This book will also be of interest to researchers and advanced students in plastics engineering, polymer processing, coatings, and materials science and engineering.

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Author:   Laurence W. McKeen (Senior Research Associate, DuPont, Wilmington, DE, USA) ,  Laurence W. McKeen (Senior Research Associate, DuPont, Wilmington, DE, USA)
Publisher:   William Andrew Publishing
Imprint:   William Andrew Publishing
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9780323854368

ISBN 10:   0323854362
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   29 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Introduction to the Effect of Heat Aging on Plastics 2. Introduction to the Physical, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties of Plastics and Elastomers 3. The Effect of Heat Aging on the Properties of Styrenic Plastics 4. The Effect of Heat Aging on the Properties of Polyesters 5. The Effect of Heat Aging on the Properties of Polyimides 6. The Effect of heat aging on the properties of Polyamides (Nylons) 7. The Effect of heat aging on the properties of Polyolefins, Polyvinyls & Acrylics 8. The Effect of heat aging on the properties of Fluoropolymers 9. The Effect of heat aging on the properties of High Temperature/High Performance Polymers 10. The Effect of heat aging on the properties of Elastomers and rubbers 11. The Effect of heat aging on the properties of Sustainable polymers

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Larry McKeen has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and worked for DuPont Fluoroproducts from 1978–2014. As a Senior Research Associate (Chemist), he was responsible for new product development including application technology and product optimization for particular end-uses, and product testing. He retired from DuPont at the end of 2014 and is currently a consultant.

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