Textiles Polymers category: 872 books

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Protective Clothing

Managing Thermal Stress

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Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014

Protective clothing protects wearers from hostile environments, including extremes of heat and cold. Whilst some types of protective clothing may be designed primarily for non-thermal hazards (e.g. biological hazards), a key challenge in all protective clothing remains wearer comfort and the management...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2000

Pultrusion for engineers is a comprehensive overview of the latest developments and applications for this growing and increasingly important area of the fibre reinforced plastics industry. Trevor Starr is well known as a specialist consultant with many year's experience in the FRP world. He...
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by Indraneel Suhas Zope
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018

This thesis investigates the early ignition behavior of polymer/clay nanocomposites, which are perceived as potential eco-friendly flame retardant systems. It examines the correlation between clay structural chemistry and high-temperature transformations with clay-assisted decomposition of organic...
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by Liang-Yin Chu, Rui Xie, Thomas Schäfer
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2019

Smart membranes that respond to environmental stimuli are gaining attention because of their potential use in a variety of applications, from drug delivery to water treatment. Their surface characteristics and/or permeation properties, including pressure-driven hydraulic permeability and concentration-driven...
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Wrinkled Polymer Surfaces

Strategies, Methods and Applications

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Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019

This book presents the state of the art in surface wrinkling, including current and future potential applications in biomedicine, tissue engineering, drug delivery, microfluidic devices, and other promising areas. Their use as templates, flexible electronics, and supports with controlled wettability...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2019

Comprising one volume ofFunctional and Modified Polymeric Materials, Two-Volume Set, this curated collection of papers by Professor Eli Ruckenstein and co-workers discusses the merits of concentrated emulsion polymerization systems, as well as their ability to yield a broad variety of products with...
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Composite Nonwoven Materials

Structure, Properties and Applications

by Dipayan Das, Behnam Pourdeyhimi
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014

Composite nonwoven materials are versatile materials with a variety of applications, including hygiene, medicine and filtration. This important book provides a technical resource for professionals and academics in the field. It explores these materials in terms of fiber types used, manufacturing processes,...
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Inorganic and Composite Fibers

Production, Properties, and Applications

by Boris Mahltig, Yordan Kyosev
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018

Inorganic and Composite Fibers: Production, Properties, and Applications provides a comprehensive review on the development, production and application of modern inorganic and composite fibers. Particular emphasis is placed on current production processes, parameters and finishing and functionalization...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018

Advanced bionanocomposite materials continue to be increasingly popular and are important for a wide range of scientific and engineering applications. In the race to exploit the unique mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of bionanocomposite materials, researchers need to address new challenges...
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Chemical Protective Clothing

Permeation and Degradation Compendium

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Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019

First Published in 1995. The three most important things to evaluate when selecting Chemical Protective Clothing (CPC) are: evidence of degradation of the garment exposed to a chemical; breakthrough time; and permeation rate. Because proper CPC selection must be based on permeation and degradation...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017

In the textile industry, there is a pressing need for people who can facilitate the translation of creative solutions from designers into manufacturing language and data. The design technologist has to understand the elements and principles employed by designers and how these change for various textile...
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by H A McKenna, J. W. S. Hearle, N O'Hear
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2004

The field of fibre rope technology has witnessed incredible change and technological advance over the last few decades. At the forefront of this change has been the development of synthetic fibres and modern types of rope construction. This handbook updates the history and structural mechanics of...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009

The efficient design of microwave food products and associated packaging materials for optimum food quality and safety requires knowledge of product dielectric properties and associated heating mechanisms, careful consideration of product geometry, knowledge of modern packaging and ingredient technologies,...
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Elastomers and Components

Service Life Prediction - Progress and Challenges

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Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2006

Elastomeric components are widely used in engineering. Increasing demands are placed on them to withstand hostile conditions such as high temperature and corrosive environments. These demands make it harder to predict likely service life or improve design to ensure their longer-term performance. This...
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