Plastics Handbook The Resource for Plastics Engineers

Osswald, Tim A./ Baur, Erwin/ Rudolph, Natalie

ISBN 10: 1569905592 / ISBN 13: 9781569905593

Published by Hanser Pub Inc, 2019

5th har/psc edition. 680 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk1569905592

Synopsis:

The fifth edition of Plastics Handbook provides everything important there is to know about plastics, comprehensively compiled in a compact and well-organized format. From material properties to machines, processing, and applications, the user will find detailed information that allows the successful implementation of new materials and technologies.

This concise, competent, modern reference not only explains the basic facts and interrelationships, but also serves as a practical guide for engineers to help them succeed in today's challenging, global industrial world. Searching for specific materials, trade names, properties, or any other information is particularly easy, because the reader also has free access to the electronic version of the book.

The fifth edition is comprehensively updated throughout, with an new clearer layout and it is also now in colour.

The contents include:

• Common Acronyms in Plastics Technology
• Introduction (Economic Significance, Classification, Composition, Effects of Processing on Properties, Modifications of Plastic Materials)
• Material Properties and Testing Methods
• Plastic Processing Technologies
• Plastic Materials
• Additives, Fillers, and Fibers
• Material Properties

About the Authors: Tim A. Osswald is Kuo and Cindy F. Wang Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering and Honorary Professor of Plastics Technology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the National University of Colombia. He is author of many books and book chapters, as well as over 100 papers in the field of plastics technology.

Dr.-Ing. Erwin Baur is Managing Director of M-Base Engineering + Software, a leading international supplier of material databases, material information systems, product information systems, and material related simulation software that he cofounded in 1993. He was previously Managing Director of Polydata GmbH in Aachen, Germany and Dublin, Ireland.

Dr.-Ing. Natalie Rudolph is the Director of Composite Research and Development at AREVO, Inc. She was previously Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Engineering and a Team Leader at the Fraunhofer Institute ICT, Germany.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Plastics Handbook The Resource for ...
Publisher: Hanser Pub Inc
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New
Edition: 5th or later Edition