Coatings Technology Handbook - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574446495 ISBN 13: 9781574446494

Publisher: CRC Press, 2005

Synopsis

Serving as an all-in-one guide to the entire field of coatings technology, this encyclopedic reference covers a diverse range of topics-including basic concepts, coating types, materials, processes, testing and applications―summarizing both the latest developments and standard coatings methods. Take advantage of the insights and experience of over 100 recognized experts in over 100 chapters to select and apply the best coatings for your own product needs.

Emphasizing an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and approaches, the Coatings Technology Handbook, Second Edition review the most recent testing methods, including infrared spectroscopy, thermal analysis, weathering, and cure monitoring...extensively details a variety of contemporary processes such as flexography, electroless plating, flame surface treatment, embossing, and calendaring ...analyses current materials and surface coatings from resins and thermoplastic elastomers to peelable medical, radiation-cured, leather, and metal coatings...and much more.

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Review:

"The compendious nature of the book could be valuable to a wide readership, including the industrialist and non-specialist coatings person, the expert who may wish to evaluate specific new processes, and researchers, students or practitioners who will find much of both value and interest throughout."
―Chemistry & Industry

Synopsis:

Completely revised and updated, the "Coatings Technology Handbook, Third Edition" supplies a broad cross-index of the different aspects involved in the discipline. Containing 14 new chapters, the book covers the composition of both organic and inorganic resins, pigments or fillers, and additives, from polymeric fluorocarbons to water borne, solvent-borne, and one hundred percent non-volatile compounds. It examines the testing of raw materials and products and shows dyes used in inks with formulation data. This edition includes a new chapter on specialty pigments for high temperature unique to this book, a chapter on statistical experimentation, a chapter on regulations, and a chapter on formulations with a spreadsheet of formulation calculations. This resource expands your awareness and knowledge of coatings, inks, and adhesives, aids you in problem solving, and increases your level of familiarity with the technology.

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1574446495
• ISBN 13: 9781574446494
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 928
• Editor: Tracton Arthur A.