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Failure of plastics and rubber products [electronic resource] : causes, effects and case studies involving degradation / by David Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polymers--Deterioration.
- Polymers.
- Plastics--Deterioration.
- Plastics.
- Elastomers--Deterioration.
- Elastomers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (412 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK : Rapra Technology, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book describes the various mechanisms of polymer degradation, and then illustrates each failure mechanism with a number of case studies. This book was written with the support of the UK Department of Trade and Industry. It is intended to raise awareness of the causes and consequences of polymer product failures, in order to reduce the future incidences of such failures, and their considerable costs to industry.
- Contents:
- Failure Analysis - A Personal Perspective; Thermo-oxidation; Photo-oxidation; Degradation Due to Ionising Radiation; Chemical Attack; Environmental Stress Cracking; Other Miscellaneous Effects; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-77544-4
- 9786611775445
- 1-84735-188-3
- OCLC:
- 247050916
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