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Thermosets : structure, properties and applications /

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Thermosets are a key group of polymers. Understanding how their chemistry and structure affects their properties is essential to their manufacture and use in a range of applications. Thermosets: Structure, properties and applications reviews both factors affecting thermoset properties and how this u...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Guo, Qipeng
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Woodhead Publishing, 2012.
Series:Woodhead Publishing in materials.
Subjects:
Thermosetting plastics.
Plastics industry and trade.
Thermodurcissables.
Matières plastiques > Industrie.
thermoset.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Chemical & Biochemical.
Plastics industry and trade
Thermosetting plastics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 Structure and properties of thermosets: Overview of thermosets: structure, properties and processing for advanced applications
  • Mechanical properties of thermosets
  • Thermal properties of thermoset resins
  • Rheology of thermosets: the use of chemorheology to characterise and model thermoset flow behaviour
  • Nanostructures and the toughening of thermosets. Part 2 Applications of thermosets: The use of thermosets in the building and construction industry
  • The use of thermosets in aerospace applications
  • Thermoset adhesives: epoxy resins, acrylates and polyurethanes
  • Thermoset insulation materials in appliances, buildings and other applications
  • Thermosets for electrical applications.