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Plastics Handbook

The Resource for Plastics Engineers

  • 1st Edition - December 4, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Tim A Osswald
  • Language: English

The International Plastics Handbook provides everything there is to know about plastics -comprehensively compiled in a compact and well organized format. From material propertie… Read more

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Description

The International Plastics Handbook provides everything 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 will allow the successful implementation of new materials and technologies.

This concise, competent, modern reference not only explains the basic facts and interrelationships, but it is also a practical guide for engineers helping them succeed in today's challenging global industrial world. The book makes searching for specific materials, trade names, properties or any other information particularly easy with free access to the electronic version.

Key features

  • The definitive general reference guide to plastics, now in its 5th edition
  • Covers materials, machines, processing, and applications
  • Comprehensively revised with new and updated content
  • Improved organizational structure

Readership

Everyone working in the plastics industry or involved with research or study of plastics technology, including the following: students, engineers, technicians, sales and marketing staff, managers, researchers, training staff, and academics

Table of contents

1. Common Acronyms in Plastics Technology2. Material Properties and Testing Methods3. Plastic Processing Technologies4. Plastic Materials5. Additives, Fillers, and Fibers6. Material Properties Overview

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 4, 2018
  • Language: English

About the author

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Tim A Osswald

Dr. Tim A. Osswald teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is co-Director of the Polymer Engineering Center. He also holds honorary professorships at the Friedrich Alexander Universität in Erlangen, Germany and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He teaches and does research in polymer engineering, a field where he has published 11 books and over 300 papers.

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