Thermoplastic Material Selection: a Practical Guide

Thermoplastic Material Selection: A Practical Guide presents current information on how proper material selection is a critical component of any manufactured product. The text is a practical guide to a difficult process, giving the reader a fundamental grounding in thermoplastic materials and providing the tools they need to save time, money, and frustration. The book provides an overview of the most commonly used thermoplastic materials, including discussions of the different chemical families, plastics categories, and material grades - and the implications of these differences on the mate.

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Front Cover; Series Editor; THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL SELECTION; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Preface; 1 -- Introduction; 1.1 The Stone Age; 1.2 The Age of Metals; 1.3 Other Materials; 1.4 The Industrial Revolution; 1.5 Mass Production; 1.6 Materials Science; 1.7 The Plastics Age; 1.8 Plastics-The Other Synthetic Material; 1.9 Plastics Material Selection; 1.10 How This Book Can Help You; References; 2 -- Why Use Plastic?; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Plastics as Raw Materials; 2.3 Plastic Processing Technologies; 2.4 Process Comparison; 2.5 Plastics in Manufacturing.

2.6 Advantages of Thermoplastics2.7 Disadvantages of Thermoplastics; 2.8 The Uniqueness of Thermoplastics; 2.9 And the Answer Is ... ; References; 3 -- Understanding Thermoplastics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Materials Science; 3.3 Polymer Science; 3.4 The Resin Industry; 3.5 Thermoplastic Classification Methods; 3.6 A Final Word about Property Data; 3.7 The Amazing World of Thermoplastics; Further Reading; 4 -- An Overview of Thermoplastic Materials; 4.1 Key Thermoplastic Materials; 4.2 Thermoplastic Elastomers; 4.3 Meet the Family; Further Reading; 5 -- Material Selection Based on Performance.

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