Polymer Degradation and Performance

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8412-6978-1
Verlag: American Chemical Society

Buch, Englisch, Band 1004, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 691 g

Reihe: ACS Symposium Series

The development of polymeric materials and their optimization for high performance applications requires a detailed understanding of their degradation sensitivities, and the various features affecting durability and reliability. This book provides an overview of the current trends in this research field. Individual topics present the latest concepts related to material lifetime prediction methodologies, new insight into complex degradation mechanisms, and how the
knowledge of their performance limiting processes can be applied to the design of materials with improved features. Appropriate analytical characterization techniques that are fundamental to all areas of polymer degradation and optimization studies and the overlapping performance interests in a range
of existing and developing applications are discussed. The audience will be material engineers and polymer chemists working in academia, large research institutes and industry dealing with polymer design and development, material testing and durability assessments.

Zielgruppe

Material engineers and polymer chemists working in academia, large research institutes and industry dealing with polymer design and development, material testing and durability assessments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Celina, Mathew C

Billingham, Norman C

Wiggins, Jeffrey S

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Polymerwerkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Kunststoffe und Polymere
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Polymerchemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Environmentally Degradable Polyolefinsl
High Oxygen Barrier Materials Based on Hyperbranched Aliphatic Polyesters
Degradation of Biodegradable Polymers in Real and Simulated Composting Conditions
Synthesis and Degradation of Poly(ethyl glyoxylate)
Effect of Drug Loading on the Rate of Nicotine Release from Poly (?-Caprolactone) Matrices
Fatty Acid Based Biodegradable Polymers-Synthesis and Applications
Synthesis of Soy Polymers Using a "Green" Processing Method
Degradation of Crosslinked Unsaturated Polyesters by Using Sub-Critical Water
Degradation of Piezoelectric Fluoropolymers in Space Environments
Field and Laboratory Aging Effects on Poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) Fibers Used in Body Armor
A Non-Empirical Model for the Lifetime Prediction of Polymers Exposed in Oxidative Environments
Relating Kinetic Models to Embrittlement in Polymer Oxydative Aging
FTIR Measurement of CO2 Photo-Generation from Polyethylene, Polypropylene and Polyesters
Lifetime Prediction - Different Strategies by Example
Probing Degradation in Complex Engineering Silicones by 1H Multiple Quantum NMR
Accelerated Aging and Characterization of a Plasticized Poly(ester urethane) Binder
New Cyanate Ester and Poly-p-phenylene Resins with Low Moisture Absorption and Improved Thermal Stability
Effects of Hydroxy Double Salts and Related Nanodimensional Layered Metal Hydroxides on Polymer Thermal Stability
Degradative Transformation of Poly(vinyl chloride) Under Mild Oxidative Conditions
Aging of the Binder in Plastic-Bonded Explosive PBX 9501 and Free-Radical Oxidation
Degradative Thermal Analysis and Dielectric Spectroscopy Studies of Aging in Polysiloxane Nanocomposites
Ageing of Foamed Polysiloxanes Incorporating Nanoparticles
Effect of Pigment Dispersion on Optical Properties and Durability of a TiO2 Pigmented Epoxy Coating
Photolysis and Photo-Oxidation in Engineering Plastics

Über Autor(innen)

Mathew Celina leads a small research group dealing with polymer materials performance optimization and lifetime prediction issues at Sandia National Laboratories. Jeffrey Wiggins is Assistant Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at The University of Southern Mississippi. Norman Billingham is Professor Emeritus from the University of Sussex.