Polymers - Opportunities and Risks I General and Environmental Aspects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Eyerer, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 11
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Analytical chemistry.; Polymers.; Geochemistry.; Environmental chemistry.; Waste management.; Environmental pollution.; Polymer Sciences.; Environmental Chemistry.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Analytical Chemistry.; Terrestrial Pollution.

Since their first industrial use polymers have gained a tremendous success. The two volumes of "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks" elaborate on both their potentials and on the impact on the environment arising from their production and applications. Volume 11 "Polymers - Opportuniti...

Table of Contents:

• Plastics: Classification, Characterization, and Economic Data
• Synthesis (Manufacture, Production) of Plastics
• Properties of Plastics in Structural Components
• Processing (Primary Forming) of Plastics into Structural Components
• Secondary Forming of Plastics Structural Components: Thermoforming
• Opportunities and Risks Involved in Designing Structural Components Made of Polymers
• Opportunities and (in Particular) Risks of Use (Utilization Phase) of Plastic Structural Components
• Plastics and Structural Components: The Environment and Recycling
• Perspectives: Polymer Engineering.