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This landmark resource offers comprehensive coverage of all known commodity, transitional,
engineering, high-temperature, and high-performance thermoplastics, plus analysis of emerging
developments in the creation of new thermoplastics. It examines every important issue for each
substance discussed, including history, development, and commercialization, as well as more
technological concerns. Contains over 4,400 bibliographic citations and over 500 tables.
From the Preface: “The global thermoplastics market, representing approximately 10% of the
worldwide chemical industry, is the fastest growing segment of the world economy. The growth is
being driven by several forces...`Tailor-made' materials with controlled microstructures are beginning
to emerge not only in polyolefins and other commodity thermoplastics, but also in polar
thermoplastics, thermoplastics elastomers, synthetic water soluble thermoplastics for super-function
membranes, conducting thermoplastics, polymeric nonlinear optical (NLO) materials systems, liquid
crystalline polymers, and advanced thermoplastics composites for structural applications...”
Target Audience: Plastics, polymer, chemical, industrial, mechanical, design, manufacturing,
and automotive engineers; polymer and materials scientists; polymer, organic, and industrial chemists;
and upper-level students of these disciplines.
Table of Contents:
Conventional Polyolefins
New Polyolefins
Stereoregular Polar Thermoplastics
Syndiotactic Polystyrene
Unplasticized Polyvinyl Chloride (uPVC): Fracture and Fatigue Properties
Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Polymers
Styrene Copolymers
Polyacrylonitrile
Polyacrylates
Polyacrylamides
Vinyl Acetate Polymers
Vinyl Alcohol Polymers
Synthetic Water-Soluble Polymers
Cellulose Plastics
Thermoplastic Elastomers
Thermoplastic Polyurethanes
Polyester-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers
Thermoplastic Polyesters
Polyethylene Teraphthalate
Polybutylene Teraphthalate
Compatibilized Thermoplastic Blends
Toughening of Thermoplastics
Polyacetal
Polyethers
Polyarylates
Polycarbonates
Polyamides
Polyimides
Polybenzimidazoles
Aromatic Polyhydrazides and Their Corresponding Polyoxadiazoles
Polyphenylquinoxalines
Polyphenyl Sulfide
Polyphenylene Vinylene
Conducting Thermoplastics
Conducting Thermoplastics Composites
Poly(aryl ether sulfone)s
Poly(aryl ether ketone)s
Poly(aryl ether ketones-co-sulfones)
Poly(aryl ether ketone amide)s
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Advanced Thermoplastics Composites
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