Handbook of Polymeric Foams and Foam Technology

This handbook draws expertise from industrial and academic specialists on virtually every type of polymer foam. Entries should help chemists, physicists, chemical, mechanical and civil engineers, materials and polymer scientists, and technicians.

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This handbook draws expertise from leading industrial and academic specialists on virtually every type of polymer foam. Planned for easy reference, entries should help chemists, physicists, chemical- mechanical- and civil-engineers, materials and polymer scientists, and technicians to plan and develop practical solutions for industrial design and process manufacturing challenges. The handbook fully describes all classes of polymeric foam including the chemistry, synthesis, commercial production methods, properties and application of each. Fundamentals of foam formation are also carefully treated. Contributors present data and techniques relevant for the study of polymer composites, other composite materials, and manufacturing techniques for foamed and porous plastics. Internatonally known specialists contribute knowledge of their subjects in an accessible format. Illustrated, indexed, and organized by incremental headings for ease of reference, this volume represents years of work, now available in this handbook and ready for use.