Handbook of Thermoset Plastics by Sydney H. Goodman; Dodiuk-Kenig HannaCall Number: TP1180 T55H236 1998
ISBN: 0815514212
Publication Date: 1998
This second edition of this very successful book is a practical, industry-oriented overview of current data, descriptions, technology, and applications of thermoset plastics. Based on polymer chemistry, the treatments presented are of value both to professionals and those new to the field. The consistent thread, throughout every chapter, is that thermoset plastics are materials of construction, subject to strengths and weaknesses, as well as proper use and misuse. The data and descriptions presented are for engineers, scientists, technicians, and students who must routinely form judgments and take action on the basis of informal analysis. The book is intended to assist the reader in making the right decisions and taking the correct actions in the use of thermoset plastics. The introductory material remains essentially unchanged because the concepts are fundamental to the technology. The value to the new engineer, technician, or scientist continues to be a summarial overview, a place to get started. To,those practicing the trade, the new information will augment that which is known and offer fresh concepts for consideration for solutions to the next problem or design. The issuance of a new edition of a technical reference text usually signifies that the material in the book has provided repeated value-added information to the reader/buyer. It is a benchmark for the editors, authors, and contributors that they in fact participated in a significant way to the progress of science, engineering, and technology. The broad classifications of plastics - general purpose, engineering, and specialty - applies to thermosets as well as thermoplastics. General purpose thermosets arecharacterized by average (for thermosets) mechanical properties, lower resistance to temperature, higher coefficients of expansion, and low cost commodity-like production and sales (tons/year). Engineering thermosets have higher m