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A complete and timely overview of the topic, this volume imparts knowledge of fundamental principles and their applications for academicians, scientists and researchers, while informing engineers, industrialists and entrepreneurs of the current state of the technology and its utilization.Each article is uniformly structured for easy navigation, containing the latest research & development and its basic principles and applications, examples of case studies, laboratory and pilot plant experiments, as well as due reference to the published and patented literature.
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PrefacePOLYMER BLEND COMPOUNDING AND PROCESSINGIntroduction and Early Studies of BlendingMethods of CompoundingProcessing Polymer BlendsRHEOLOGY OF POLYMER BLENDSIntroductionTheoretical Treatment of Polymer BlendsRheology of Miscible BlendsRheology of Immiscible BlendsRheology of Blends with NanoparticlesConclusionsCOMPOUNDING AND PROCESSING OF PLASTIC/RUBBER BLENDSPlastic/Rubber BlendsMethods of Blend PreparationEquipment for Blend Preparation by Melt Mixing of PolymersPreparation of Physical Blends of Plastics and RubbersCrosslinking Agents and Crosslinking ProcessesPreparation of the Blends of Plastics and Crosslinked RubbersBlends of Plastics and Crosslinked Rubbers by Dynamic VulcanizationCompatibilization and Compatibilized BlendsProcessing of Plastic/Rubber BlendsConclusions and OutlookCOMPOUNDING AND PROCESSING OF RUBBER/RUBBER BLENDSIntroductionElastomers and Tire CompoundingBlending ElastomersSolubility ParametersProcessing of Elastomer BlendsSecondary Polymer Blends SystemsElastomer Blends and Tire PerformanceTire Tread Compound FormularySummaryEXTRUSION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER BLENDSIntroductionMultiple-Screw ExtrudersMost Critical Step in the Production of Polymer Blends - Melting/MixingMonitoring of Morphology and Compositions of Polymer BlendsFuture Development in Polymer Blends CompoundingMANUFACTURING OF POLYMER BLENDS USING POLYMERIC AND LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT REACTIVE COMPATIBILIZERSIntroductionReactive Blending and CompatibilizationMixing Mechanism and Morphology DevelopmentIntermeshing Co-Rotating Twin-Screw ExtruderManufacturing Process Design for Polymer Blending ProcessConcluding RemarksPOLYMER BLEND COMPATIBILIZATION ASPECTS OF MORPHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND PROCESSING OF MULTIPHASE POLYMER BLEND NANOCOMPOSITESIntroduction: The Promise and Challenge of Polymer BlendingInorganic Particles in Small Molecule Liquid Emulsion: A Model System for Filled Polymer Blends?Chemical Aspects of Morphology Development and Processing of Multiphase Polymer Blend NanocompositesEngineering Aspects of Morphology Development and Processing of Multiphase Polymer Blend NanocompositesConclusions
About the author
Avraam I. Isayev is a Distinguished Professor of Polymer Engineering and Director of the Molding Technology Center at the Institute of Polymer Engineering of the University of Akron. He is a native of Azerbaijan. He received M.Sc. degrees from the Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry in Chemical Engineering and the Moscow Institute of Electronic Machine Building in Applied Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering and Science from the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Before joining the University of Akron in 1983 as an Associate Professor, he was a Senior Research Associate at Cornell University, a Senior Research Fellow at Technion and a Research Associate at the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He has edited books, published over 200 papers, many book chapters and encyclopedia articles. He has received numerous awards.
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A complete and timely overview of the topic, this volume imparts knowledge of fundamental principles and their applications for academicians, scientists and researchers, while informing engineers, industrialists and entrepreneurs of the current state of the technology and its utilization.
Each article is uniformly structured for easy navigation, containing the latest research & development and its basic principles and applications, examples of case studies, laboratory and pilot plant experiments, as well as due reference to the published and patented literature.
