Functional Fillers for Plastics

A comprehensive and up–to–date overview of the major mineral and organic fillers for plastics, their production, structure and properties, as well as their applications in terms of primary and secondary functions. Edited and co–authored by Professor Marino Xanthos with contributions by international experts from industry and academia, the book presents methods of mixing/incorporation technologies, surface treatments and modifications for enhanced functionality, an analysis of parameters affecting filler performance and a presentation of current and emerging applications. Additionally, the novel classification according to modification of specific polymer properties rather than filler chemical composition will provide a better understanding of the relationships between processing, structure and properties of products containing functional fillers and the identification of new markets and applications.
For engineers, scientists and technologists involved in the industrially important sector of polymer composites.

Spis treści:
POLYMERS AND FILLERS
Polymers and Polymer Composites
Modification of Polymer Mechanical and Rheological Properties with Functional Fillers
Mixing of Fillers with Plastics
SURFACE MODIFIERS AND COUPLING AGENTS
Silane Coupling Agents
Titanate Coupling Agents
Functional Polymers and Other Modifiers
FILLERS AND THEIR FUNCTIONALITIES
MECHANICAL PROPERTY MODIFIERS –
HIGH ASPECT RATIO
Glass Fibers
Mica Flakes
Nanoclays and Their Emerging Markets
Carbon Nanotubes/Nanofibers and Carbon Fibers
Natural Fibers
MECHANICAL PROPERTY MODIFIERS –
LOW ASPECT RATIO
Talc
Kaolin
Wollastonite
Wood Flour
Calcium Carbonate
FIRE RETARDANTS
ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTY MODIFIERS
Conductive and Magnetic Fillers
SURFACE PROPERTY MODIFIERS
PROCESSING AIDS
SPECIALTY FILLERS
Glass and Ceramic Spheres
Bioactive Fillers
In– ;Situ Generated Fillers: Organic–Inorganic Hybrids
Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS)

Nota biograficzna:
Marino Xanthos is Professor in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at the NJ Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey since 1995 and served from 1987 to 2005 as Director of Research of the Polymer Processing Institute (PPI), an independent non–profit research organization located at NJIT. He received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and has more than 30 years of academic and industrial experience in directing and conducting research on polymer composites, blends and foams, polymer modification and reactive polymer processing, and plastics–related environmental issues. He is editor/co–author of the books Functional Fillers for Plastics, Reactive Extrusion, and How to Manage Plastics Waste, author/co–author of more than 30 book chapters and 200 publications and holds nine US and Canadian Patents. He is also Executive Editor of the journal Advances in Polymer Technology since 1990, and a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).


Okładka tylna:
A comprehensive and up–to–date overview of the major mineral and organic fillers for plastics, their production, structure and properties, as well as their applications in terms of primary and secondary functions. Edited and co–authored by Professor Marino Xanthos with contributions by international experts from industry and academia, the book presents methods of mixing/incorporation technologies, surface treatments and modifications for enhanced functionality, an analysis of parameters affecting filler performance and a presentation of current and emerging applications. Additionally, the novel classification according to modification of specific polymer properties rather than filler chemical composition will provide a better understanding o f the relationships between processing, structure and properties of products containing functional fillers and the identification of new markets and applications.
For engineers, scientists and technologists involved in the industrially important sector of polymer composites.