Plastic Materials Properties and Applications

Plastics are part of everyday life and contribute immensely to the benefit of humanity. When failures occur, they are due in part either to inferior properties (resulting from poor design or badly controlled processing), or to an incomplete understanding

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Plastics Materials Properties and Applications Second Edition A.W. BIRLEY R.J.HEATH Institute of Polymer Technology and Materials Engineering University of Technology Loughborough, UK M.J. SCOTT Lowe & Fletcher Ltd Telford, UK

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Preface

Plastics are part of everyday life and contribute immensely to the benefit of humanity. When failures occur, they are due in part either to inferior properties (resulting from poor design or badly controlled processing), or to an incomplete understanding of the properties and applications of plastics materials. Since publication of the first edition, the plastics industry has in