Stabilization of Polymeric Materials

✍ Scribed by Dr. Hans Zweifel (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 224
• Series: Macromolecular Systems — Materials Approach
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Plastics are used worldwide in everyday life, e.g. as food packaging, electronics, construction, automotive parts, and household appliances. To produce these products with the desired service lifetimes the use of suitable stabilizers is necessary. This book provides a concise and comprehensive overview of the basic mechanisms of plastic degradation processes caused by heat and light. At its core is a detailed description of the stabilization of different polymers, including an explanation of stabilization mechanisms and the influence of commonly used additives such as fillers, flame retardents and pigments on the stability of plastic. Every polymer scientist, material technologist, or application engineer dealing with the design of the properties of plastics will benefit from this new overview.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Principles of Oxidative Degradation....Pages 1-40
Principles of Stabilization....Pages 41-69
Principles of Stabilization of Individual Substrates....Pages 71-106
Influence of Metals, Fillers and Pigments on Stablity....Pages 107-116
Solubility and Diffusion of Stabilizer in Polymers....Pages 117-138
Testing of Stabilizer in the Substrate....Pages 139-156
Outlook and Trends....Pages 157-160
Back Matter....Pages 161-219

✦ Subjects

Polymer Sciences; Condensed Matter Physics