Polymer Processing and Structure Development [Paperback]

Polymer science is fundamentally interdisciplinary, yet specialists in one aspect, such as chemistry or processing, frequently encounter difficulties in understanding the effects of other disciplines on their own. This book describes clearly how polymer chemistry and polymer processing interact to affect polymer properties. As such, specialists in both disciplines can gain a deeper understanding of how these subjects underpin each other. Coverage includes step-by-step introductions to polymer processing technologies; details of fluid flow and heat transfer behaviour; shaping methods and physical processes during cooking and curing, and analyses of moulding and extrusion processes.Preface. 1. Fundamental Steps of Polymer Processing. 2. Introduction to Polymer Processing Technologies. 3. Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer. 4. Shaping Methods. 5. Shape Stabilisation: Physical and Chemical Processes during Cooling and Curing. 6. Continuous Processes: Analyses and Processing-Structure-Property Relationships. 7. Cyclic Processes: Analyses and Processing-Structure-Property Relationships. Appendix. References. Index.