Encyclopaedia of Polymer Science and Engineering: Dielectric Heating to Embedding v.5

Entirely rewritten, this multi-volume work has been expanded to reflect the vast changes that have occurred in polymer and plastics technology over the past twenty years. After the initial volume (A to Amorphous Polymers), sixteen more volumes have been published, four in each calendar year, 1985 through 1988. A supplement and an Index volume was published in the first half of 1989. Each volume contains approximately 850 pages, including about 200 tables and 3 000 literature citations. Over 100 new subjects have been introduced in the new edition. Coverage includes natural and synthetic polymers, plastics, fibers, elastomers, computer topics and processing. There is a 50% increase in pages devoted to engineering and processing, including CAD/CAM, Robotics and Composites. All computer topics in the second edition are new.