Plastics Testing and Characterization
Industrial Applications
1st Edition
Published on 12. November 2012
377 pages
978-3-446-41853-0 (ISBN)
Description
Combined with a solid engineering background, this book provides the information and industrial case studies an engineer needs to both make informed decisions about selecting appropriate testing techniques and effectively troubleshoot problems in the field of plastics manufacturing.
The scope of this book also includes relevant and concise information for data interpretation using the most important characterization techniques.
Contents:
Spectroscopy
Gas Chromatography and Selective Mass Detection
Thermal Properties
Melt Rheology
Mechanical Properties
Permeability Properties
Environmental Effects and Aging
Electrical, Optical, and Acoustic Properties
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Industrial Applications
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María del Pilar Noriega E., PhD, is R&D and Innovation Director at Daabon Group, Santa Marta, Colombia. Until 2019, she was the Director General of the ICIPC (Medellín, Colombia), and from 1997-2012 was Technical Director of the same institute.
Tim A. Osswald, Ph.D., is Kuo K. 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 the author of many books and book chapters, as well as over 100 papers in the field of plastics technology.
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Content
- Intro
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 TESTING TECHNIQUES
- 1.2 STEPS FOR SUCCESSFUL POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION
- 1.3 PREPARATION AND SEPARATION TECHNIQUES
- References
- CHAPTER 2: SPECTROSCOPY
- 2.1 FTIR SPECTROSCOPY
- 2.1.1 FTIR Spectrophotometer
- 2.1.2 FTIR Techniques
- 2.1.3 Correlation of Polymer and Additives Structure and FTIR Spectra
- 2.1.4 Useful FTIR Standard Measuring Techniques
- 2.2 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
- 2.3 ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
- References
- CHAPTER 3: GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND SELECTIVE MASS DETECTION
- 3.1 GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY INSTRUMENTATION
- 3.2 CORRELATION OF ADDITIVE STRUCTURE AND MASS SPECTRA
- 3.3 SELECTED STANDARDS FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY TESTING
- References
- CHAPTER 4: THERMAL PROPERTIES
- 4.1 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
- 4.2 SPECIFIC HEAT AND SPECIFIC ENTHALPY
- 4.3 DENSITY
- 4.4 THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY
- 4.4.1 New Developments in Thermal Diffusivity Measurement
- 4.5 LINEAR COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION
- 4.6 CURING BEHAVIOR
- 4.7 THERMAL ANALYSIS AND MEASURING DEVICES
- 4.7.1 Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- 4.7.2 Thermogravimetry (TGA)
- References
- CHAPTER 5: MELT RHEOLOGY
- 5.1 BASIC CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY
- 5.2 CONSTITUTIVE MODELS
- 5.2.1 Newtonian Model
- 5.2.2 Power Law Model
- 5.2.3 Bird-Carreau-Yasuda Model
- 5.2.4 Pressure Dependence of Viscosity
- 5.2.5 Phan-Thien and Tanner Multimode Model
- 5.3 RHEOMETRY
- 5.3.1 The Melt Flow Indexer
- 5.3.2 Capillary Viscometer
- 5.3.3 Rotational Rheometry
- 5.3.4 Extensional or Elongational Rheometry
- References
- CHAPTER 6: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
- 6.1 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
- 6.1.1 The Short-Term Tensile Test
- 6.1.2 Impact Strength
- 6.1.3 Creep Behavior
- 6.1.4 Dynamic Mechanical Tests
- 6.1.5 Fatigue Tests
- 6.1.6 Strength Stability Under Heat
- References
- CHAPTER 7: PERMEABILITY PROPERTIES
- 7.1 SORPTION
- 7.2 DIFFUSION AND PERMEATION
- 7.3 MEASURING S, D, AND P
- 7.4 DIFFUSION OF POLYMER MOLECULES AND SELF-DIFFUSION
- References
- CHAPTER 8: ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS AND AGING
- 8.1 WATER ABSORPTION
- 8.2 WEATHERING
- 8.3 CHEMICAL DEGRADATION
- 8.4 THERMAL DEGRADATION OF POLYMERS
- References
- CHAPTER 9: ELECTRICAL, OPTICAL, AND ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
- 9.1 ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
- 9.1.1 Dielectric Behavior
- 9.1.2 Electric Conductivity
- 9.1.3 Application Problems
- 9.1.4 Magnetic Properties
- 9.2 OPTICAL PROPERTIES
- 9.2.1 Index of Refraction
- 9.2.2 Photoelasticity and Birefringence
- 9.2.3 Transparency, Reflection, Absorption, and Transmittance
- 9.2.4 Gloss
- 9.2.5 Color
- 9.3 ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
- 9.3.1 Speed of Sound
- 9.3.2 Sound Reflection
- 9.3.3 Sound Absorption
- References
- INDEX
Contents:
Spectroscopy
Gas Chromatography and Selective Mass Detection
Thermal Properties
Melt Rheology
Mechanical Properties
Permeability Properties
Environmental Effects and Aging
Electrical, Optical, and Acoustic Properties
