Commercial Polymer Blends, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998

Commercial Polymer Blends is an in depth and unparalleled presentation of the compositions of virtually all polymer blends. Part 1 provides a short history of polymer science and technology. Part 2 summarises the reasons for, and the scientific principles of, blending and presents the current state of knowledge in the fields of interfacial properties, compatibilization, morphology, flow behaviour and performance. The chronological evolution of blend technology is presented in Parts 3 (commodity resin blends) and 4 (engineering and speciality resin blends). The text has practical value in aiding the development of new blends for specific applications. The basic text is then supplemented with four appendicies, covering abbreviations, commercial blend names, examples of major blends and a summary list of patents. Commercial Polymer Blends comes complete with a fully searchable CD-ROM database containing information on: * international abbreviations for polymers and polymer processing * commercial polymer blends, * examples of the major types of polymer blends (complete with supplier name and comments) * polymer blends' discoveries and developments (including year of patent, comments and references for each polymer blend)

Preamble. Abbreviations in Appendices. Part One: Polymer Science and Technology. 1. Introduction. 2. Polymer Industry. 3. Development of Polymer Processing. 4. Development of Polymer Science. 5. Nomenclature of Polymeric Systems. Part Two: Technical and Economic Rationality for Polymer Blending. 6. Reasons for, benefits and problems of blending. 7. Morphology. 8. Rheology. 9. Development of Polymer Blends. Part Three: Commodity Resin Blends. 10. Styrenics: Polystyrene and Styrene Copolymers. 11. Polyvinylchloride. 12. Polyvinylidene Halide Blends. 13. Poly(methy)methacrylate, PMA and PMMA, Blends. 14. Polyethylene Blends. 15. Polypropylene. Part Four: Engineering Resin Blends. 16. Polyamide Blends. 17. Polyester Blends. 18. Polycarbonate Blends.19. Polyoxymethylene (Acetal Resins). 20. Polyphenleneether. 21. Specialty Resin Blends. 22. Recycling and Biodegradable Blends. References. Appendices: I. List of international abbreviations for polymers. II. List of the commercial blends. III. The major types of polymer blends. IV. Polymer blends discoveries and developments. Index.

This book is an in depth and unparalleled presentation of the compositions of virtually all polymer blends. Part one provides a short history of polymer science and technology. Part two summarizes the reasons for, and the scientific principles of, blending and presents the current state of knowledge in the fields of interfacial properties, compatibilization, morphology, flow behaviour and performance. The chronological evolution of blend technology is presented in part three (commodity resin blends) and part four (engineering and speciality resin blends). The text has practical value in aiding the development of new blends for specific applications. The basic text is then supplemented with four appendices, covering abbreviations, commercial blend names, examples of major blends and a summa