Plastics Technology Handbook

Provides up-to-date examinations of the chemical nature, characteristic properties, and uses of traditional industrial polymers and offers state-of-the-art coverage of specialty polymers designed to satisfy specific applications. This edition contains sections on antioxidants and related compounds, polymer compounding, prepreg molding, and rubber compounding and processing as well as a new chapter on polymers in special uses. This handbook is designed to be of interest to plastics, materials, mechanical, chemical, process, and general engineers, polymer chemists and undergraduate and graduate-level students in these disciplines.