Polymer Testing

Rapid growth and development in plastics production and application created a demand for meaningful

measuring and analysis methods in polymer testing. Advances in electronic measuring techniques led to

further developments in classic testing methods as well as to completely new methods, for which the first

edition of Polymer Testing was written.

Considerable advances in the evaluation of structure-property correlations and standardization have taken

place since the first edition of Polymer Testing, so the book has been comprehensively revised. This

updated edition covers the latest developments in the field, including amendments to the most important

polymer testing standards.

Included in this edition is essential information about damage processes and deformation mechanisms

that can be discovered with the help of coupled non-destructive polymer testing methods and hybrid

methods of polymer diagnostics, respectively. Numerous examples for the optimization of polymers and

their composites and the assessment of component properties provide a material science focused insight

into modern polymer testing.



Contents:

Preparation of Specimens

Determining Process-Related Properties

Mechanical Properties of Polymers

Fracture Toughness Measurements in Engineering Plastics

Testing of Physical Properties

Evaluating Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance

Non-Destructive Polymer Testing

Hybrid Methods of Polymer Diagnostics

Testing of Composite Materials

Technological Testing Methods

Testing of Microcomponents



Prof. Wolfgang Grellmann has been Head of the Department of Material Diagnostics and Testing at the Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, since 1995.

Prof. Sabine Seidler is, since 1996, Chair of Nonmetallic Materials at the Technical University Vienna, Austria, at which she is also rector.



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