Fillers for Polymer Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rothon, Roger (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Polymers and Polymeric Composites: A Reference Series,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Polymers.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Engineering > Materials.; Ceramics.; Glass.; Composites (Materials).; Composite materials.; Polymer Sciences.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Materials Engineering.

This handbook provides an introduction to and reference information about the science behind the production and use of particulate fillers in polymer applications. Fillers play an important role and are used with practically all types of polymers: thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers. Readers will...

Table of Contents:

• The Market for Particulate Fillers
• Particulate Fillers, Selection and Use in Polymer Composites
• Surface Modifiers for use with Particulate Fillers
• Particulate Fillers in Thermoplastics
• Compounding of Particulate Filled Thermoplastics
• Particulate Fillers in Thermosets
• Particulate Fillers in Elastomers
• Barium Sulphate
• Calcium Carbonate Fillers
• Carbon Black as a Polymer Filler
• Clays
• Feldspars and Syenites
• Glass Flakes and Spheres
• Micas
• Magnetite
• Talcs
• Wollastonites
• Bio-Fillers
• Precipitated and Fumed Silicas
• Recycled and Sustainable Fillers
• Nano-Fillers
• Antiblock Additives
• Flame Retardant Fillers
• Graphitic Carbon Powders for Polymer Applications
• Carbon Black for Electrically Conductive Polymer Applications
• Thermally Conductive Additives.