Polypropylene An A-Z reference
My heart sank when I was approached by Dr Hastings and by Professor Briggs (Senior Editor of Materials Science and Technology and Series Editor of Polymer Science and Technology Series at Chapman & Hall, respectively) to edit a book with the provision
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Polypropylene An A-Z reference Edited by
J.
Karger-Kocsis
Institute for Composite Materials Ud. University of Kaiserslautern Germany and
Technical University of Budapest Hungary
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SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
A c.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress
ISBN 978-94-010-5899-5 DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-4421-6
ISBN 978-94-011-4421-6 (eBook)
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Contents
List of contributors
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Preface
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Adhesive bonding of polypropylene Amorphous or atactic polypropylene Anticorrosion coatings with polypropylene Antistatic and conducting composites of polypropylene Appliances Application of shear-controlled orientation in injection molding of isotactic polypropylene Automation in injection molding Beta-modification of isotactic polypropylene Biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) processes Bumper recycling technology Calendering of polypropylene Commingled yarns and their use for composites Construction principles of injection molds Controlled rheology polypropylene Copolymerization Crash performance of glass fiber reinforced polypropylene tubes Crazing and shear yielding in polypropylene Crosslinking of polypropylene Crystallization Crystallization of syndiotactic polypropylene Designing properties of polypropylene Die swell or extrudate swell Dielectric relaxation and dielectric strength of polypropylene and its composites Dyeing of polypropylene fibers Elastomeric polypropylene homopolymers using metallocene catalysts
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Electron microscopy Elongational viscosity and its meaning for the praxis Environmental stress cracking of polypropylene Epitaxial crystallization of isotactic and syndiotactic polypropylene Extrusion die design guidelines for polypropylene Fatigue performance of polypropylene and related composites Fiber orientation due to processing and its prediction Fillers for polypropylene Fire hazard with polypropylene Flame-retardant polypropylene compositions From quality control to quality assurance in injection molding Gamma-phase of isotactic polypropylene Gas diffusion in and through polypropylene Geotextiles and geomembranes Glass mat reinforced thermoplastic polypropylene Hard-elastic or 'springy' polypropylene High-modulus and high-strength polypropylene fibers and films Impregnation techniques for fiber bundles or tows In-situ reinforced polypropylene blends Industrial polymerization processes Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of polypropylene Injection molding of isotactic polypropylene Injection m
