Handbook of material weathering / George Wypych.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wypych, George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials--Deterioration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Materials.

Materials--Biodegradation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Polymers--Deterioration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Polymers.

Polymers--Biodegradation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Environmental testing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Environmental testing.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1000 pages) : color illustrations, charts

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Other Title:

Material weathering

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : ChemTec Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"The 7th edition of the Handbook of Material Weathering is a comprehensive and systematic update of knowledge related to material weathering. It has been continuously revised and expanded to include the most recent advancements and discoveries in the field. The update is crucial because the field of material weathering has been evolving rapidly, with a substantial increase in research output in recent times."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

PREFACE

Chapter 1. PHOTOPHYSICS

1.1 NATURE OF RADIATION

1.1.1 RADIANT ENERGY

1.1.2 RADIATION INTENSITY

1.1.3 RADIATION INCIDENCE

1.2 ABSORPTION OF RADIATION BY MATERIALS

1.2.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES

1.3 FATE AND UTILIZATION OF ABSORBED ENERGY

1.3.1 DEACTIVATION

1.3.2 INTRAMOLECULAR ENERGY TRANSFER

1.3.3 INTERMOLECULAR ENERGY TRANSFER

1.3.4 LUMINESCENCE

1.4 RADIATIVE PROCESSES INVOLVING DIMERS

1.5 MODELING AND PHOTOPHYSICAL DATA

References

Chapter 2. PHOTOCHEMISTRY

2.1 TYPICAL ROUTES OF PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS

2.1.1 PHOTODISSOCIATION

2.1.2 PHOTOOXIDATION

2.1.3 PEROXIDE AND HYDROPEROXIDE CONVERSIONS

2.1.4 NORRISH TYPE I AND II REACTIONS

2.1.5 PHOTO-FRIES REARRANGEMENT

2.1.6 PHOTO-FENTON

2.1.7 PHOTOSUBSTITUTION

2.1.8 PHOTOADDITION

2.1.9 PHOTOELIMINATION

2.1.10 PHOTODIMERIZATION

2.1.11 PHOTOCONDENSATION

2.1.12 PHOTOISOMERIZATION

2.2 PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIVITY AND QUANTUM YIELD

2.3 EXCITATION OF EXCITED STATE

2.4 PARAMETERS OF PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS

2.6 QUENCHERS AND PHOTOSENSITIZERS

Chapter 3. PARAMETERS OF EXPOSURE

3.1 RADIATION

3.1.1 THE SOURCE

3.1.2 SOLAR RADIATIVE EMISSION

3.1.3 EFFECT OF ORBITAL VARIATIONS ON ENERGY SUPPLY

3.1.4 INTERPLANETARY AND NEAR-EARTH SPACE

3.1.5 STRATOSPHERE

3.1.6 TROPOSPHERE

3.2 TEMPERATURE

3.3 WATER

3.4 ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITION

3.5 POLLUTANTS

3.5.1 NITROGEN COMPOUNDS

3.5.2 OXYGEN SPECIES

3.5.3 HYDROGEN SPECIES

3.5.4 CARBON OXIDES

3.5.5 SULFUR-CONTAINING COMPONENTS

3.5.6 CHLORINE-CONTAINING COMPONENTS

3.5.7 PARTICULATE MATERIALS

3.6 BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES

3.7 WATER POLLUTANTS

3.8 STRESS

3.9 COOPERATIVE ACTION OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS

Chapter 4. MEASUREMENTS IN ASSESSMENT OF WEATHERING CONDITIONS.

4.1 RADIATION

4.1.1 MEASURING EQUIPMENT AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT

4.1.2 STANDARDS

4.2 SUNSHINE DURATION

4.3 TEMPERATURE

4.4 RELATIVE HUMIDITY

4.5 TIME OF WETNESS

4.5 RAIN

4.6 POLLUTANTS

4.6.1 CARBON DIOXIDE

4.6.2 PARTICULATE MATTER

4.6.3 SULFUR DIOXIDE

4.6.4 NITROGEN OXIDES

4.6.5 CARBON MONOXIDE

4.6.6 OZONE

Chapter 5. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

5.1 INTRODUCTION

5.2 RADIATION

5.3 SUNSHINE DURATION

5.4 TEMPERATURE

5.5 PRECIPITATION

5.6 RELATIVE HUMIDITY

5.7 WETNESS TIME

5.8 POLLUTANTS

5.9 SURFACE SOILING

Chapter 6. METHODS OF OUTDOOR EXPOSURE

6.1 INTRODUCTION

6.2 CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND DEGRADATION RATE

6.3 VARIABILITY OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE STRATEGY IN OUTDOOR EXPOSURES

6.4 INFLUENCE OF SPECIMEN PROPERTIES

6.5 TYPICAL METHODS OF OUTDOOR EXPOSURE

6.5.1 EXPOSURE SITES

6.5.2 EXPOSURE RACKS

6.5.3 EXPOSURE OF PRODUCTS AND COMPONENTS

6.6 OTHER PARAMETERS OF EXPOSURE

6.7 RELEVANT STANDARDS

Chapter 7. LABORATORY DEGRADATION STUDIES

7.1 INTRODUCTION

7.2 LIGHT SOURCES

7.3 FILTERS

7.4 RADIATION: DELIVERY, MONITORING, AND CONTROL

7.5 TEMPERATURE CONTROL

7.6 HUMIDITY CONTROL

7.7 SPECIMEN SPRAYING

7.8 SPECIMEN RACKS AND HOLDERS

7.9 WEATHERING EQUIPMENT

7.10 CORRELATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT DEVICES

7.11 POLLUTANTS

7.12 PRECISION OF STUDIES

Chapter 8. WEATHERING CYCLES

Chapter 9. SAMPLE PREPARATION

Chapter 10. WEATHERING DATA INTERPRETATION LIFETIME PREDICTION

Chapter 11. ARTIFICIAL WEATHERING VERSUS NATURAL EXPOSURE

Chapter 12. EFFECT OF WEATHERING ON MATERIAL PROPERTIES

12.1 MASS LOSS

12.2 DEPTH OF DEGRADATION

12.3 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

12.4 CHANGES IN COLOR AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES

12.5 SURFACE CHANGES

12.6 MOLECULAR WEIGHT

12.7 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SURFACE AND BULK.

12.8 MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF SURFACE LAYERS

12.9 GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE

12.10 SELF-HEALING

Chapter 13. Testing Methods of Weathered Specimen

13.1 VISUAL EVALUATION

13.2 MICROSCOPY

13.3 IMAGING TECHNIQUES

13.4 GLOSS

13.5 COLOR CHANGES

13.6 VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY

13.7 UV SPECTROPHOTOMETRY

13.8 INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY

13.9 NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY

13.10 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

13.11 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE

13.12 ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE

13.13 MASS SPECTROMETRY

13.14 POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY

13.15 CHEMILUMINESCENCE, FLUORESCENCE, AND PHOSPHORESCENCE

13.16 ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY

13.17 WAXS AND SAXS

13.18 X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY, XPS

13.19 X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY

13.20 MASS CHANGE

13.21 DENSITY

13.22 CONTACT ANGLE

13.23 DIFFUSION OF GASES AND WATER TRANSPORT IN POLYMERS

13.24 ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

13.25 ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENTS

13.26 THERMAL ANALYSIS

13.27 RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

13.28 OTHER PHYSICAL PARAMETERS

13.29 TENSILE STRENGTH

13.30 ELONGATION

13.31 FLEXURAL STRENGTH

13.32 IMPACT STRENGTH

13.33 CREEP AND CONSTANT STRAIN TESTS

13.34 RESIDUAL STRESS

13.35 SCRATCH AND MAR RESISTANCE

13.36 OTHER MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

13.37 SURFACE ROUGHNESS

13.39 GAS AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY

13.40 TITRIMETRY

13.41 DEHYDROCHLORINATION RATE

13.42 GEL FRACTION

13.43 OXYGEN UPTAKE

13.44 WATER ABSORPTION, POROSITY

13.45 MICROORGANISM GROWTH TEST

13.46 ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACKING RESISTANCE

Chapter 14. Data on Specific Polymers

14.1 ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE, ABS

14.1.1 MECHANISMS OF DEGRADATION

14.1.2 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.2 ACRYLONITRILE-STYRENE-ACRYLATE, ASA

14.2.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.2.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY.

14.1.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.3 ALKYD RESINS

14.3.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.3.2 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.4 ACRYLIC RESINS

14.4.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.4.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.4.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.4.4 DATA

14.5 CELLULOSE

14.5.1 MECHANISMS OF DEGRADATION

14.5.2 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.5.3 DATA

14.6 CHITOSAN

14.7 EPOXY RESINS

14.7.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.7.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.7.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.8 ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE RUBBER, EPR

14.8.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.8.2 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.9 ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER, EPDM

14.10 ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER, EVAC

14.10.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.10.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.10.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.11 FLUOROPOLYMERS

14.12 MELAMINE RESINS

14.13 PHENOXY RESINS

14.13.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.14 POLYACRYLAMIDE

14.15 POLYACRYLONITRILE

14.15.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.16 POLYAMIDES

14.16.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.16.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.16.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.16.4 DATA

14.17 POLYANILINE

14.18 POLYCARBONATES

14.18.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.18.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.18.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.18.4 DATA

14.19 POLYESTERS

14.19.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.19.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.19.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.19.4 DATA

14.20 POLYETHYLENE

14.20.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.20.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.20.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.20.4. DATA

14.21 POLYETHYLENE, CHLORINATED

14.22 POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)

14.23 POLYFLUORENE

14.24 POLYIMIDES.

14.24.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.24.1.2 POLYMERS

14.24.2 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.24.3 DATA

14.25 POLY(LACTIC ACID)

14.26 POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE

14.26.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.26.2 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.27 POLYOXYETHYLENE

14.28 POLYOXYMETHYLENE

14.28.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.28.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.28.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.29 POLY(PHENYLENE OXIDE)

14.29.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.29.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.29.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.30 POLY(PHENYLENE SULFIDE)

14.31 POLY(-PHENYLENE TEREPHTHALAMIDE)

14.32 POLY(-PHENYLENE VINYLENE)

14.33 POLYPROPYLENE

14.33.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.33.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.33.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.33.4 DATA

14.34 POLYSTYRENES

14.34.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.34.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.34.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.34.4 DATA

14.35 POLYSULFONES

14.35.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.35.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.35.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.35.4 DATA

14.36 POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE

14.36.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.37 POLYTHIOPHENE

14.38 POLYURETHANES

14.38.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.38.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.38.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.38.4 DATA

14.39 POLYVINYLALCOHOL

14.39.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.39.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.39.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.39.4 DATA

14.40 POLYVINYLCHLORIDE

14.40.1 MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION

14.40.2 EFFECT OF THERMAL HISTORY

14.40.3 CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES AND PROPERTIES

14.40.4 DATA

14.41 POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)

14.42 POLY(VINYL METHYL ETHER)

14.43 STYRENE-ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER.

14.44 SILICONES.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781774670590

1774670593

9781523163427

1523163429