NEW PUBLICATIONS: Books, CD-ROMs, Databases

George Wypych, Editor, September 2010, ISBN 978-1-895198-46-1
This book, the first monograph fully devoted to UV degradation and stabilization ever published in English language, has 13 chapters, each discussing different aspect of UV related phenomena.

Falkiewicz-Dulik, M; Janda, K; Wypych, G, 2010, ISBN 978-1-895198-44-7
This book is about protection of materials and products against colonization and subsequent degradation of their properties. The book contains 9 chapters each devoted to essential aspects related to biodegradation and biostabilization. 

George Wypych, 2010, ISBN 978-1-895198-41-6
This handbook gives direct comparison of general purpose fillers (micron-size fillers) and nanofillers.
Over 3,000 research papers, mostly published from 1994 to 2009 (over 1500 new papers in this edition), technical data from over 160 filler and equipment manufacturing companies, and patent literature were reviewed for this comprehensive handbook. 

V.R. Sastri, President, Winovia LLC, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8155-2027-6
No book has been published that gives a detailed description of all the types of plastic materials used in medical devices, the unique requirements that the materials need to comply with and the ways standard plastics can be modified to meet such needs.

Various, 2010, ISBN 978-0-444-52788-2
This multivolume book, containing approximately 4,000 pages, features cutting-edge topics such as medical applications, metal matrix composites, and corrosion modeling and it covers the benefits and limitations of techniques from scanning probes to electrochemical noise and impedance spectroscopy.

P.P. Dee, N. Roy Choudhury and N.K. Dutta, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84735-103-6
hermal Analysis of Rubbers and Rubbery Materials is a must for everybody involved in material and product development, testing, processing, quality assurance, or failure analysis in industry and laboratories.

George Wypych, 2009, ISBN 978-1-895198-40-9
The book has four chapters, each containing invaluable information for PVC manufacturers, processors, and users. In the first chapter, polymer properties determining its proper selection are discussed. All essential information required for the decision-making process is presented in a clear form in order to provide the reader with the necessary data.

T.R.Crompton, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84735-132-6
A complete compendium of the types of methodology that have evolved for the determination of the chemical composition of polymers