Polymer Durability: Degradation, Stabilization, and Lifetime Prediction (ACS Advances in Chemistry)

Provides a comprehensive overview of the science of polymer durability. Discusses the molecular mechanisms of polymer aging and deterioration, emphasizing UV and thermal exposure environments. Describes a variety of analytical techniques for studying degradation, with special emphasis on chemiluminescence. Covers advances in the use of additives and other approaches for enhancing polymer stability. Reviews mechanisms and applications of major classes of stabilizers, and discusses the problem of stabilizer migration and loss. Examines new methods for predicting the aging rate and lifetime of a material.

"The book is a collection of data on polymer degradation and stabilization, and on the very complex problems that require understanding of many different phenomena, including chemical mechanisms, special stress being laid on the structural changes in macromolecular chains, the influence of polymer morphology, the interaction of additives and impurities, reactive diffusion processes, etc. The 39 chapters of the book, written by internationally recognized experts in major technological and research areas, are organized into three main sections covering degradation, stabilization and lifetime prediction. . . . This book is addressed to all researchers, engineers, manufacturers, suppliers and consumers of polymer materials, because they find here the necessary information about the polymers formulation and their behaviour under various conditions."--Cellulose Chemistry and Technology