International Plastics Handbook For The Technologist Engineer And User

From material properties to processing technologies, the Plastics Handbook is a unique source of information for engineers. Comprehensively updated, it serves as a practical guide for success in today's challenging, global industrial world. Searching for specific materials, trade names, properties, or other information is particularly easy, because the reader also has free access to the electronic version of the book.

The new second edition of Reinforced Plastics Handbookhas been completely revised and updated to reflect changes, new techniques and components and provides new information including:-Thermosetting resins: polyesters, vinyl esters, high performance resins.-Reinforced thermoplastics: low warpage, hydrolysis-resistant grades, new forms of glass fibre, natural resins and fibres.-Major extensions on liquid crystal polymers, long fibre reinforced thermoplastics, polyurethanes and core materials.-Major additions to moulding/processing technology: latest developments in RTM, SCRIMP.-An enlarged chapter on design and applications to include extended data on sandwich constructions and polyureathane (reinforced reaction injection moulding).-The latest legislation including consumer safety (flame retardency, toxicity) and safety in the workplace (styrene emission control, solvents, low dust reduced allergy materials).