Resistance and Stability of Polymers

The stability and resistance of polymeric materials determine whether they can be utilized in a given application. Authoritative and reliable material information is needed during the material selection process and this information must consider the influences of material manufacturing, compounding and stabilization, processing, part design, use and subsequent disposal/recycling.

This book is based on the review of more than 1200 literature sources and represents a comprehensive overview of the current know-how regarding the stability and resistance of thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers as well as the most commonly used reinforcements and additives.

Extensive tables document material resistance to given media, facilitating appropriate material selection or stabilization for a given application.



Contents Volume 1:

Principles of Aging

Testing Methods

Stabilization

Influence of Processing and Use

Resistance to Thermal and Thermal-Oxidative Loads, Weathering, Chemicals, Ionizing Radiation,

Microorganisms, Biological Influences, and Mechanical Loads

Creep and Fatigue of Reinforced Polymers



Contents Volume 2:

Chemical Resistance Tables

White Lists of Media Influence (According to DIBt)

References

Index



Prof. em. Dr.-Ing. habil Dr. h.c. Gottfried Wilhelm Ehrenstein hat nach einem humanistischen Abitur an der Technischen Hochschule Hannover Allgemeinen Maschinenbau studiert. Nach der Promotion arbeitete er 10 Jahre in der Anwendungstechnischen Abteilung Kunststoffe der BASF AG und war gleichzeitig Lehrbeauftragter und nach der Habilitation 1976 Privatdozent der Fakultät für Maschinenbau der Universität Karlsruhe (TH, Prof. Macherauch). Von 1977 bis 1989 war er Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Werkstoffkunde/Kunststoffe der Universität-Gesamthochschule Kassel, ab 1989 Professor für Kunststofftechnik des neu eingerichteten Lehrstuhls der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.



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