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Polymers in marine environment / editors, Mukesh Doble, Ramasamy Venkatesan and Nelamane Vijaya kumar Ravi Kumar.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polymers--Environmental aspects.
- Polymers.
- Marine engineering--Congresses.
- Marine engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Shropshire, England : Smithers Rapra, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Polymers, plastics, and composite materials are widely used in the shipping industry and so get exposed to marine waters. Biofouling of these leads to problems for ships and boats in the form of reduced speed and corrosion, which these industries would like to prevent. Several hundred thousand tons of plastics that are discarded reach the marine environment every year either from land run-off or because of maritime activities. It has been estimated that because plastics do not degrade easily, one million marine animals are killed every year either by choking on floating plastic items or by bec
- Contents:
- Title Pages; Preface; Contributors; Contents; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Abbreviations; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 18, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-84735-574-9
- 1-68015-503-2
- 1-84735-575-7
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