Ionizing Radiation and Polymers

Jiri G. Drobny is President of Drobny Polymer Associates, and former Adjunct Faculty of Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Drobny is an active educator, lecturer, writer, and internationally known consultant. His career spans more than 40 years in the rubber and plastic processing industry, mainly in research and development with senior and executive responsibilities. Sage is an applications specialist at PCT Ebeam and Integration, LLC, a manufacturing company of industrial low-energy electron beam and x-ray equipment. He has been involved in fundamental ebeam research since 2013, and is Co-PI on a current NSF grant called Connecting the Dots: Using Radical-formation Control to Achieve Desired EB-initiated Polymer Properties. He is also a regular columnist for UV+EB magazine.

1. Radiation Types and Sources 2. Fundamentals of Ionizing Radiation Chemistry and Physics 3. Equipment, Basic Designs, Characteristics, Typical Uses 4. Industrial Applications of ? - Radiation 5. Industrial Applications of X - Ray Radiation 6. Commercial EB Reactors, Their Performance and Use 7. Electron Beam Processes 8. Electron Beam Processing of Commercial Polymers, Monomers, and Oligomers 9. Industrial Applications of Electron Beam Radiation 10. Radiation-Resistant Polymers and Their Applications 11. Dosimetry and Real-Time Monitoring 12. Safety and Hygiene 13. Current New Developments and Trends in Equipment and Chemistry 14. New Developments and Trends in Process Technology 15. Other New Developments and Trends