An Introduction to Plastics [Hardcover]

Hans-Georg Elias (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3527296026 | ISBN-13: 978-3527296026 | Publication Date: December 8, 2003 | Edition: 2nd, Completely Revised Edition

Clear and comprehensive, this volume is not only an informative guide for practitioners in the field of plastics, but also an indispensable aid for plastics engineers, polymer scientists, chemists, physicists and materials scientists.
It presents a precise, non-mathematical introduction to plastics, their raw materials, syntheses, properties, and applications, discussing the manufacture and properties of plastics as a function of the molecular and supermolecular properties of polymers. This second edition does not dwell on general chemistry, but provides more in-depth coverage of properties as well as polymer blends, composites and reinforced plastics. It naturally also includes those new developments and trends that have occurred since the last edition.
H.G. Elias, a former professor at MIT, is one of the most renowned specialists in the area of macromolecules, polymers and plastics.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book presents a precise, yet non-mathematical introduction to plastics, their raw materials, syntheses, properties and applications."
Revue de l'Institut Francais du Pétrole

"The volume is excellently written, with a simple, straightforward and comprehensive index. It provides an overview of all plastics, including raw materials: manufacture, structure, processing, properties and, of course, applications."
Polymer International


"This book has all the earmarks of becoming a guide to or even a reference book for polymers in structural applications."
Acta Polymerica


"For somebody teaching polymer science to chemists as well as to engineers, this book is an extremely valuable addition to the bookshelf. Similarly, if you are a chemist and you are confronted with the materials aspects - processing as well as properties - so that you have to interact with the engineers, this book will help you to understand and to solve the problems that arise. However, it is especially students studying chemical and process engineering and coming to the polymer materials part of the course who will be attracted by the comprehensive contents of this introduction to plastics!
In summary, "An Introduction to Plastics" is an excellent and fairly comprehensive, but nevertheless compact, textbook. It can be recommended for engineers and materials scientists in academia, and especially in industry, who have to deal with the material properties and processing aspects of polymers."
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
2005, Vol. 44, No. 6

From the Publisher

This book presents a precise, yet non-mathematical introduction to plastics, their raw materials, syntheses, properties, and applications. The manufacture and properties of plastics are discussed as a function of the molecular and supermolecular properties of polymers. Polymer composites and waste disposal are also treated. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 409 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH; 2nd, Completely Revised Edition edition (December 8, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3527296026
• ISBN-13: 978-3527296026
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 9.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,773,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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