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Composite Materials
Concurrent Engineering Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Composite Materials: Concurrent Engineering Approach covers different aspects of concurrent engineering approaches in the development of composite products. It is an equally valuable reference for teachers, students, and industry sectors, including information and knowledge on concurrent engineering...
Polymers against Microorganisms
On the Race to Efficient Antimicrobial Materials
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book provides an introductory and general overview of advances in polymers towards their employment as antimicrobial materials. The author describes current approaches for avoiding microbial contamination, toward macro-molecular antibiotics, and prevention of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by...
by Jan W. Gooch
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2010
In recent years biocompatible polymers for injuries and wounds have seen advances and innovations that have outpaced the growing field's literature. In this book Dr. Jan W. Gooch, a National Research Council Research Associateship Award recipient, reveals how innovative polymer technology can be applied...
Aqueous Lubrication
Natural and Biomimetic Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
Man lubricates mostly with oil. Nature lubricates exclusively with water. Pure water is a poor lubricant, but the addition of proteins, especially glycoproteins, can modify surfaces to make them far more lubricating at slow speeds. Understanding how nature does this, and the physical structures involved,...
Nonlinear Polymer Rheology
Macroscopic Phenomenology and Molecular Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Integrating latest research results and characterization techniques, this book helps readers understand and apply fundamental principles in nonlinear polymer rheology. The author connects the basic theoretical framework with practical polymer processing, which aids practicing scientists and engineers...
Bottles, Preforms and Closures
A Design Guide for PET Packaging
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
As a consultant to the plastics industry, Ottmar Brandau’s focus is on using his engineering knowhow and production management experience to improve quality and productivity, cut down cycle time and introduce secondary processes such as inline printing. This book is a thoroughly practical handbook...
Designing Successful Products with Plastics
Fundamentals of Plastic Part Design
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
***Designing Successful Products with Plastics: Fundamentals of Plastic Part Design***provides expert insight into design considerations required to bring a concept product or part through design and ready-for-production. The book shows how integrating four key choices—materials, processes, tooling...
Green Composites
Polymer Composites and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
There is an increasing movement of scientists and engineers who are dedicated to minimising the environmental impact of polymer composite production. Life cycle assessment is of paramount importance at every stage of a product’s life, from initial synthesis through to final disposal and a sustainable...
Modern Biopolymer Science
Bridging the Divide between Fundamental Treatise and Industrial Application
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Industrialists developing new food and pharmaceutical products face the challenge of innovation in an increasingly competitive market that must consider incredient cost, product added-value, expectations of a healthy life-style, improved sensory impact, controlled delivery of active compounds and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
This authoritative reference work provides a comprehensive review of the management, recycling and reuse of waste composites. These are issues which are of increasing importance due to the growing use of composites in many industries, increasingly strict legislation and concerns about disposal of...
Packaging Technology
Fundamentals, Materials and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Packaging is a complex and wide-ranging subject. Comprehensive in scope and authoritative in its coverage, Packaging technology provides the ideal introduction and reference for both students and experienced packaging professionals.
Part one provides a context for the book, discussing fundamental...
by A. Ravve
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
This successful textbook undergoes a change of character in the third edition. Where earlier editions covered organic polymer chemistry, the third edition covers both physical and organic chemistry. Thus kinetics and thermodynamics of polymerization reactions are discussed.
This edition is...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2008
Written by expert contributors from the academic and industrial sectors, this book presents traditional and modern approaches to polymer characterization and analysis. The emphasis is on pragmatics, problem solving and property determination; real-world applications provide a context for key concepts....
Fluoropolymer Applications in the Chemical Processing Industries
The Definitive User's Guide and Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Fluoropolymer Applications in Chemical Processing Industries: The Definitive User's Guide and Handbook, Second Edition, contains the most extensive collection of data and information on fluoropolymer applications in chemical processing industries. Because of their superior properties, fluoropolymers...