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5.0 out of 5 stars A must own handbook for the formulator, extruder, chemist, purchasing agent, January 8, 2006
This review is from: Handbook Of Plastic And Rubber Additives (Two Volume Set) (Hardcover)
The chemist, the ink formulator, the product manager, the plastics expert, the purchasing agent -- all will find this handbook worth considering.

The chemist will find CAS nomenclature identifying the actual chemical name of branded additives, along with CAS numbers.

The purchasing agent will find directly competitive additives for comparison pricing. For example, the purchasing agent can use the handbook to cross compare a specific laboratory chemical to its bulk, lower purity equivalent, to obtain a better price for the chemical. The purchasing agent will also find it useful to find obscure additives, since I have found that some obscure additives are not listed by internet search engines (like Google, etc.), since many corporate websites do not allow in depth searching by the internet search engines.

The ink formulator (me) will find the handbook a good idea generator for a variety of ingredients to achieve a specific property or performance in an ink. For example, if you need a uv absorber, simply turn to the section listing uv absorbers, and the handbook lists dozens of alternative additives to investigate for their properties.

The product manager will find the handbook a useful source of information about the various additives in any product, simply by starting with an msds, and identifying the additive, and cross referencing its uses, and alternate uses.

The Handbook of Plastic and Rubber Additives is worth owning today, even though many of the corporate owners of the additivies may have changed over the years since this handbook was published, the actual chemical tradenames have not changed, and most of chemicals are still available.

Supposedly there is a computer database of this handbook as well, but I have not used it.

I strongly recommend considering this voluminous handbook. I hope that you will find that it will pay for itself within days of purchasing it.
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Handbook Of Plastic And Rubber Additives (Two Volume Set)
Handbook Of Plastic And Rubber Additives (Two Volume Set) by Michael Ash (Hardcover - December 27, 2004)
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