Description
Book SynopsisWhen combined with reinforcing agents, plastics can be used for a number of high-temperature applications. Plastics Reinforcement and Industrial Applications provides a detailed discussion on plastics, polymers, and reinforcing agents (including organic and natural biomaterials). Focused specifically on improving the mechanical, thermal, and electrical stability of plastics by combining them with reinforcing agents, this book explains the background of reinforced plastics and describes how they work.
The book examines reinforcing agents that include glass fibers, carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, graphite, talc, and minerals, and commonly used plastics such as polyamides, polyesters, polyethylene terephthalate, and epoxy resins. It also introduces newer plastics such as polyimides, polysulfones, polyethersulfone, polyphenylene sulfide, and polyether ether ketones. It highlights recent developments in the field that include the use of nanocomposites for manufac
Table of Contents
Introduction. Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Plastics. Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Plastics. Thermal Properties of Reinforced Plastics. Electrical Properties of Reinforced Plastics. Thermal and Thermooxidative Degradation of Reinforced Polymers. Applications of Reinforced Plastics. Applications of Reinforced Plastics in the Automobile Industry. Applications of Reinforced Plastics in the General Engineering Industry. Applications of Reinforced Plastics in the Aerospace Industry. Radiation Resistance of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics. Unreinforced and Reinforced Fire Retardant Polymers.
