Plastics Materials: Properties and Applications

Birley, A. W. and Scott, M. J., 1982. Plastics Materials: Properties and Applications. Glasgow: Leonard Hill. This book covers the following: 1. Introduction - 1. 1 Background - 1. 2 Structure and properties of plastics - 1. 2. 1 Mechanical properties - 1. 2. 2 Thermal properties - 1. 2. 3 Electrical properties - 1. 2. 4 Optical properties - 1. 2. 5 Melt Properties - 1. 2. 6 Chemical Properties - 1. 3 Additives - 1. 4 Consideration of processing methods for plastics - 1. 4. 1 Thermoplastics processing - 1. 4. 2 Foams - 1. 4. 3 Shaping of cross-linking plastics - 1. 5 Practical techniques of processing - 1. 5. 1 Thermoplastics processing - 1. 5. 2 Processing methods for cross-linking plastics - 1. 6 Interactions between shaping process and plastics material - 2 Fundamentals of design - 2. 1 Engineering design - 2. 1. 1 Fracture mechanics applied to plastics - 2. 2 Design limitations imposed by processing method - 2. 3 Product design - 2. 3. 1 Thermoplastics - 2. 3. 2 Cross-linking plastics - 2. 3. 3 Foams and reinforced plastics - 2. 3. 4 Tolerances and dimensional control of products - 2. 4 Importance of economics of processing in design - 3 Styrene plastics - 3. 1 Polystyrene - 3. 2 High impact polystyrene - 3. 3 Styrene copolymers - 3. 4 ABS plastics - 3. 5 Polystyrene-poly(phenylene oxide. blends - 4 Other Amorphous thermoplastics - 4. 1 Polymethyl methacrylate - 4. 2 Cellulose plastics - 4. 2. 1 Regenerated cellulose - 4. 2. 2 Cellulose esters - 4. 2. 3 Cellulose ethers - 4. 3 Polycarbonate - 5 Propylene plastics - 5. 1 Homopolymer and impact modified grades - 5. 2 Filled polypropylene - 6 Other polyolefin plastics - 6. 1 Polyethylene - 6. 1. 1 High density polyethylene - 6. 1. 2 Low density polyethylene - 6. 2 Ethylene copolymers - 6. 3 Polybut-1-ene - 6. 4 Poly(4-methylpent-1-ene. - 7 Other crystalline thermoplastics - 7. 1 Polyamides - 7. 1. 1 Aliphatic polyamides - 7. 1. 2 Modified aliphatic polyamides - 7. 2 Aromatic polyamides and polyimides - 7. 3 Thermoplastic polyesters - 7. 4 Polyacetals - 8 Vinyl chloride plastics - 8. 1 Unplasticised PVC - 8. 2 Impact modified PVC - 8. 3 Plasticised PVC - 8. 4 Vinyl chloride copolymers - 9 Speciality thermoplastic - 9. 1 Fluoroplastics - 9. 1. 1 Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). - 9. 1. 2 Poly(vinylidene fluoride. (PVdF. - 9. 1. 3 Other fluoropolymers - 9. 2 Polysulphones - 9. 3 Poly(phenylene sulphide)(PPS). - 10 Cross-linked plastics - 10. 1 Introduction - 10. 2 Phenol formaldehyde plastics (PF). - 10. 3 Urea formaldehyde plastics (UF). - 10. 4 Melamine formaldehyde plastics (MF). - 10. 5 Epoxy resins - 11 Other cross-linked systems - 11. 1 Unsaturated polyester resins (UPR). - 11. 1. 1 Structure and properties - 11. 1. 2 Glass fibre reinforced polyesters (GRP). - 11. 2 Polyurethanes and reaction injection moulding (RIM).

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