William Andrew imprint: 341 books
Ionizing Radiation and Polymers
Principles, Technology, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Radiation processing is widely employed in plastics engineering to enhance the physical properties of polymers, such as chemical resistance, surface properties, mechanical and thermal properties, particle size reduction, melt properties, material compatibility, fire retardation, etc.
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Polylactic Acid
PLA Biopolymer Technology and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Polylactic Acid (PLA) is the first viable thermoplastic that can be produced from a plant-based feedstock such as corn or sugar cane, and yet be processed by the conventional melt processing technologies. At the same time, Polylactic Acid is produced at the largest industrial scale of all biodegradable...
Polymeric Foams Structure-Property-Performance
A Design Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
Polymeric Foams Structure–Property–Performance: A Design Guide is a response to the design challenges faced by engineers in a growing market with evolving standards, new regulations, and an ever-increasing variety of application types for polymeric foam. Bernard Obi, an author with wide experience...
by Johannes Karl Fink
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2014
Approaching the material from a chemistry and engineering perspective, High Performance Polymers presents the most reliable and current data available about state-of-the-art polymerization, fabrication, and application methods of high performance industrial polymers.
Chapters are arranged according...
Developments in Surface Contamination and Cleaning, Volume 8
Cleaning Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
As device sizes in the semiconductor industries shrink, devices become more vulnerable to smaller contaminant particles, and most conventional cleaning techniques employed in the industry are not effective at smaller scales. The book series Developments in Surface Contamination and Cleaning as a...
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Applications to Key Materials
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1995
In this volume, the editor and contributors describe the use of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) for a range of key materials systems that are of interest for both technological and fundamental reasons. Prior books on MBE have provided an introduction to the basic concepts and techniques of MBE and emphasize...
Handbook of Non-Invasive Drug Delivery Systems
Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2009
With the improvements in formulation science and certain transdermal delivery technologies, the non-invasive mode of drug delivery is now ready to compete with traditional methods of oral and injectible routes of drug delivery. The Handbook of Non-Invasive Drug Delivery Systems encompasses the broad...
by Gurpreet Ahluwalia
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
In recent decades, cosmetic science has found new high-potency, bioactive ingredients that produce visibly superior skin benefits to the consumer. Light-based devices, including lasers and intense-pulsed light systems, have been used for years in the treatment of cutaneous vascular and pigmented lesions,...
by Michael Niaounakis
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Biopolymers Reuse, Recycling and Disposal is the first book covering all aspects of biopolymer waste management and post-usage scenarios, embracing existing technologies, applications, and the behavior of biopolymers in various waste streams.
The book investigates the benefits and weaknesses,...
Compounding Precipitated Silica in Elastomers
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007
This valuable guide to compounding elastomers with precipitated silica covers principles, properties, mixing, testing and formulations from a practical perspective. This handbook and reference manual will serve those who work on part design, elastomer formulation, manufacturing and applications of...
Fluoroelastomers Handbook
The Definitive User's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Fluoroelastomers Handbook: The Definitive User's Guide, Second Edition is a comprehensive reference on fluoroelastomer chemistry, processing technology, and applications. It is a must-have reference for materials scientists and engineers in the automotive, aerospace, chemical, chemical process, and...
Fluoroplastics, Volume 1
Non-Melt Processible Fluoropolymers - The Definitive User's Guide and Data Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Fluoroplastics, Volume 1, compiles in one place a working knowledge of the polymer chemistry and physics of non-melt processible fluoropolymers with detailed descriptions of commercial processing methods, material properties, fabrication and handling information, technologies, and applications. Also,...
Multifunctionality of Polymer Composites
Challenges and New Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Multi-Functionality of Polymer Composites: Challenges and New Solutions brings together contributions from experts in the field of multifunctionality, presenting state-of-the-art discussion of this exciting and rapidly developing field, thus key enabling technologies for future applications.
The...
Nano-Glass Ceramics
Processing, Properties and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Nano-Glass Ceramics: Processing, Properties and Applications provides comprehensive coverage of synthesis and processing methods, properties and applications of the most important types of nano-glass ceramics, from a unique material science perspective. Emphasis is placed on the experimental and practical...