Additives in Polymers: Industrial Analysis and Applications by Jan C. J. Bart

Additives in Polymers: Industrial Analysis and Applications by Jan C. J. Bart

Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 1, 2005) | ISBN: 0470850620 | Pages: 836 | PDF | 6.74 MB

Additives play a leading role in the success of commercial plastics, elastomers, rubbers, coatings and adhesives. Without additives, many polymers would simply be of limited use. Although polymer additive analysis claims a history of use spanning at least half a century it is, nevertheless, still a continuously evolving research area with new and modified procedures related to increasingly sophisticated products. In many ways, this has led to a plethora of traditional and new chemical, physico-chemical and physical techniques and applications that are confusing to the specialist and beginner alike. An overview of developments across all areas of polymer additive analysis is lacking and a unified approach should therefore be of considerable assistance.