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The Plastics Handbook provides everything important there is to know about plastics, comprehensively compiled in a compact and well-organized format. From material properties to machines, processing, and applications, the user will find detailed information that allows the successful implementation of new materials and technologies.
This concise, competent, modern reference not only explains the basic facts and interrelationships, but also serves as a practical guide for engineers to help them succeed in today's challenging, global industrial world.
Searching for specific materials, properties, or any other information is particularly easy, because the reader also has free access to the electronic version of the book.
The 5th edition is comprehensively updated throughout, with a new clearer layout. Also now in full color!
Contents:
- Common Acronyms in Plastics Technology
- Introduction (Economic Significance, Classification, Composition, Effects of Processing on Properties, Modifications of Plastic Materials)
- Material Properties and Testing Methods
- Plastic Processing Technologies
- Plastic Materials
- Additives, Fillers, and Fibers
- Material Properties Overview
About the author
Dr. Erwin Baur ist seit 1993 Geschäftsführer der M-Base Engineering + Software GmbH, Aachen.
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The Plastics Handbook provides everything important there is to know about plastics, comprehensively compiled in a compact and well-organized format. From material properties to machines, processing, and applications, the user will find detailed information that allows the successful implementation of new materials and technologies.
This concise, competent, modern reference not only explains the basic facts and interrelationships, but also serves as a practical guide for engineers to help them succeed in today's challenging, global industrial world.
Searching for specific materials, properties, or any other information is particularly easy, because the reader also has free access to the electronic version of the book.
The 5th edition is comprehensively updated throughout, with a new clearer layout. Also now in full color!
Contents:
- Common Acronyms in Plastics Technology
- Introduction (Economic Significance, Classification, Composition, Effects of Processing on Properties, Modifications of Plastic Materials)
- Material Properties and Testing Methods
- Plastic Processing Technologies
- Plastic Materials
- Additives, Fillers, and Fibers
- Material Properties Overview
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"Das sehr umfang- und detailreiche Buch stellt eine exzellente Wissens- und Erfahrungsbasis für Kunststoffingenieure dar.[...]
Es erlaubt einen schnellen, aber inhaltsreichen Einblick in nahezu alle Bereiche der Kunststofftechnik und eignet sich insbesondere auch für global tätige englischsprachige Studenten und Ingenieure der Kunststofftechnik." Prof. Dr. Johannes Wortberg, Kunststoffe, 14. Mai 2007
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"Das sehr umfang- und detailreiche Buch stellt eine exzellente Wissens- und Erfahrungsbasis für Kunststoffingenieure dar.[...]
Es erlaubt einen schnellen, aber inhaltsreichen Einblick in nahezu alle Bereiche der Kunststofftechnik und eignet sich insbesondere auch für global tätige englischsprachige Studenten und Ingenieure der Kunststofftechnik." Prof. Dr. Johannes Wortberg, Kunststoffe, 14. Mai 2007
