Brydsons Plastics Materials

Brydson's Plastics Materials, Eighth Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the commercially available plastics materials that bridge the gap between theory and practice. The book enables scientists to understand the commercial implications of their work and provides engineers with essential theory.

Since the previous edition, many developments have taken place in plastics materials, such as the growth in the commercial use of sustainable bioplastics, so this book brings the user fully up-to-date with the latest materials, references, units, and figures that have all been thoroughly updated.

The book remains the authoritiative resource for engineers, suppliers, researchers, materials scientists, and academics in the field of polymers, including current best practice, processing, and material selection information and health and safety guidance, along with discussions of sustainability and the commercial importance of various plastics and additives, including nanofillers and graphene as property modifiers.

With a 50 year history as the principal reference in the field of plastics material, and fully updated by an expert team of polymer scientists and engineers, this book is essential reading for researchers and practitioners in this field.

Presents a one-stop-shop for easily accessible information on plastics materials, now updated to include the latest biopolymers, high temperature engineering plastics, thermoplastic elastomers, and moreIncludes thoroughly revised and reorganised material as contributed by an expert team who make the book relevant to all plastics engineers, materials scientists, and students of polymersIncludes the latest guidance on health, safety, and sustainability, including materials safety data sheets, local regulations, and a discussion of recycling issues

1. Plastics Materials: Introduction and Historical Development 2. The Chemical Nature of Plastics Polymerization 3. States of Aggregation in Polymers 4. Relation of Structure to Thermal and Mechanical Properties 5. Relation of Structure to Chemical Properties 6. Relation of Structure to Electrical and Optical Properties 7. Additives for Plastics 8. Fillers (Including Fiber Reinforcements) 9. Processing, Design, and Performance of Plastics Products 10. Polyethylene 11. Polypropylene and Other Polyolefins 12. Plastics Based on Styrene 13. Poly(Vinyl Chloride) 14. Fluorine-Containing Polymers 15. Miscellaneous Vinyl Thermoplastics 16. Acrylic Plastics 17. Polycarbonates 18. Aliphatic Polyamides 19. Polyacetals 20. Thermoplastic Polyesters 21. High-Temperature Engineering Thermoplastics 22. Cellulose Plastics 23. Bioplastics: New Routes, New Products 24. Thermoplastic Elastomers 25. Aldehyde Polymers: Phenolics and Aminoplastics 26. Unsaturated Polyester Resins 27. Epoxy Resins 28. Isocyanate-Based Polymers: Polyurethanes, Polyureas, Polyisocyanurates, and their Copolymers