The Plastics Compendium vol. 2

The Plastics Compendium vol. 2

Author: M.C. Hough and R. Dolbey
ISBN 978-1-85957-092-0 

Published: 1998
Pages 500
$145.00
Each material has been assigned a comparative ranking value for each of the properties. These range from Excellent to Very Poor and Not Applicable. 62 properties are covered, in 4 categories:
  • General and electrical; including shrinkage, warpage, hydrolytic stability, UV weathering and material cost.
  • Mechanical; e.g. tensile strength, fatigue index, toughness, and wear.
  • Processing; i.e. ability to be processed by moulding, extrusion, pultrusion, casting, resin injection, etc.
  • Post-processing; e.g. machining, plating, and welding.
  • The information is presented in the following main sections:

    • Property-based listings.
    • Comparative materials data sheets.
    • Alphabetical indexes of properties and materials.