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Handbook of Material Weathering, Seventh Edition is an essential guide on the effects of weathering on polymers and industrial products, presenting theory, stress factors, methods of weathering and testing, and the effects of additives and environmental stress cracking. The book provides graphical illustrations and numerical data to examine the weathering of major polymers and industrial products, including mechanisms of degradation, effect of thermal processes, and characteristic changes in properties. Final sections discuss recycling, corrosion, weathering, and the weathering of stone.
This book is an important reference source for those involved in studying material durability, producing materials for outdoor use and actinic exposure, research chemists in the photochemistry field, chemists and material scientists designing new materials, users of manufactured products, those who control the quality of manufactured products, and students who want to apply their knowledge to real materials.
List of contents
1. Photophysics and Material Weathering
2. Photochemistry and Material Weathering
3. Parameters of Exposure in Material Weathering
4. Measurements in Assessment of Material Weathering Conditions
5. Climatic Conditions in Weathering of Material
6. Methods of Outdoor Exposure in Material Weathering
7. Laboratory Degradation Studies in Material Weathering
8. Weathering Cycles in Material Weathering
9. Sample Preparation for Material Weathering
10. Material Weathering Data Interpretation: Lifetime Prediction
11. Artificial Weathering of Materials versus Natural Exposure
12. Effects of Weathering on Material Properties
13. Testing Methods of Weathered Specimens
14. Data on Specific Polymers
15. Effects of Additive on Weathering of Materials
16. Weathering of Compounded Products
17. Stabilization and Stabilizers for Weathering of Materials
18. Biodegradation in Weathered Materials
19. Recycling of Weathered Materials
20. Environmental Stress Cracking in Weathered Materials
21. Interrelation Between Corrosion and Weathering of Materials
22. Weathering of Stones
About the author
George Wypych has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. His professional expertise includes both university teaching (full professor) and research and development. He has published 18 books, 47 scientific papers, and he has obtained 16 patents. He specializes in polymer additives, polymer processing and formulation, material durability and the development of sealants and coatings.
