After 100 years of research on polymerization and plasticization and 75 years of studies of stabilization PVC use and application enjoys steady growth because of its unsurpassed versatility. It has many medical, pharmaceutical, industrial, and consumer goods applications. The global renewal of interest in PVC can be attributed to application of non-toxic stabilizers and other additives.
PVC degradation during processing and use was always one of the most essential elements of PVC science and technology. Many approaches to stabilization changed and some groups of stabilizers are not used in new production. This book was written to show new trends and directions which permit to formulate PVC free of any toxic additives.
Only four books have ever been published on PVC degradation and stabilization (the last one in the 1980s), and two of them were written by the author of this book.
Separate chapters review information on chemical structure, PVC manufacturing technology, morphology, degradation by thermal energy, and UV, gamma, and other forms of radiation, mechanodegradation, chemical degradation, analytic methods used in studying of degradative and stabilization processes, stabilization, and effect of PVC and its additives on health, safety and environment.
This book contains analysis of all essential papers published until recently on the above subject. It either locates the answers to relevant questions and offers solutions or gives references in which such answers can be found.
PVC Degradation and Stabilization is must have for chemists, engineers, scientists, university teachers and students, designers, material scientists, environmental chemists, and lawyers who work with polyvinyl chloride and its additives or have any interest in these products. This book is the one authoritative source on the subject.
The Table of Contents and more information can be found here.
About the Author
George Wypych has Ph. D. in chemical engineering. The professional expertise includes both university teaching (full professor) and research & development. He has published 12 books (PVC Plastisols, (University Press); Polyvinylchloride Degradation, (Elsevier); Polyvinylchloride Stabilization, (Elsevier); Polymer Modified Textile Materials, (Wiley & Sons); Handbook of Material Weathering, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Editions, (ChemTec Publishing); Handbook of Fillers, 1st and 2nd Edition, (ChemTec Publishing); Recycling of PVC, (ChemTec Publishing); Weathering of Plastics. Testing to Mirror Real Life Performance, (Plastics Design Library), Handbook of Solvents, Handbook of Plasticizers, Handbook of Antistatics, Handbook of Antiblocking, Release, and Slip Additives (all by ChemTec Publishing), 42 scientific papers and obtained 16 patents. He specializes in polymer additives, material durability and the development of sealants and coatings. He is included in Dictionary of International Biography, Who’s Who in Plastics and Polymers, Who’s Who in Engineering and was selected International Man of the Year 1996-1997 in recognition for services to education.
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