Polymers - Opportunities and Risks II: Sustainability, Product Design and Processing (The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 12)

✍ Scribed by Peter Eyerer (editor), Martin Weller (editor), Christof Hübner (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 317
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since their first industrial use polymers have gained a tremendous success. The two volumes of "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks" elaborate on both their potentials and on the impact on the environment arising from their production and applications. Volume 11 "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks I: General and Environmental Aspects" is dedicated to the basics of the engineering of polymers – always with a view to possible environmental implications. Topics include: materials, processing, designing, surfaces, the utilization phase, recycling, and depositing. Volume 12 "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks II: Sustainability, Product Design and Processing" highlights raw materials and renewable polymers, sustainability, additives for manufacture and processing, melt modification, biodegradation, adhesive technologies, and solar applications. All contributions were written by leading experts with substantial practical experience in their fields. They are an invaluable source of information not only for scientists, but also for environmental managers and decision makers.

✦ Table of Contents

Polymers – Opportunities and Risks II
Sustainability, Product Design and Processing
The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Also Available Electronically
Aims and Scope
Series Preface
Volume Preface
Contents of Volume II
Contents of Volume I
Assessing the Sustainability of Polymer Products
Raw and Renewable Polymers
Sustainable Embedding of the Bioplastic Poly-(3-Hydroxybutyrate) into the Sugarcane Industry: Principles of a Future-Oriented Technology in Brazil
Additives for the Manufacture and Processing of Polymers
Environmental Aspects of Initiators for Plastic Manufacture and Processing
Melt Modification of Polyamides
Biodegradable Polymers: Properties, Possibilities, and Limits Considering the Synthesis, Processing, and Application of Poly(2-Hydroxypropionic Acid) and Poly(3-Hydroxybutyric Acid)
Product Design and Processing: Adhesive Technology
Microstructured Polymer Surfaces with Complex Optical Functions for Solar Applications
Polymer Membranes for Sustainable Technologies
Index