Plastics Materials 7e Hb

A comprehensive collection of professionally validated comparative data, on the most widely used plastics materials. The Plastics Compendium covers thermoplastics, thermosets, composites and thermoplastic elastomers. Volume 1 of The Plastics Compendium contains clearly presented data on 351 generic and modified material types, in the following main sections property and commercial data sheets, an alphabetical trade name index, a listing of suppliers' (or their agents'), and a detailed alphabetical index to the materials for which data are listed.

Providing an overview of the nature, manufacture, structure, properties, processing and applications of commercially available plastics materials, this book includes chapters on material selection and special polymers.

This report reviews the current use of plastics for packaging both by technology and market covering the world in consumption and growth terms as well as material and process developments.

Plastic explores what plastic is, where it comes from, how itÕs made, what its properties are, and what it is used for.