Handbook of Polymer Degradation, Second Edition,

by Hamidi; Ahmed

• ISBN13: 9780824703240
• ISBN10: 0824703243
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-30
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Covers advances in polymer degradation and stabilization. Focuses on the basics of photo and biodegradability, as well as environmental issues engendered by increased use of polymers in many industries. Previous edition not cited. DLC: Polymers--Deterioration.

Author Biography

S. Halim Hamid is Manager of the Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals Section in the Research Institute, and a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department, of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Laurence Achimsky, Ph.D.: Materials Department, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers (ENSAM), Paris, France Naim Akmal, Ph.D.: Business Analytical Specialist, Department of Hydrocarbons, Union Carbide Technical Center, South Charleston, West Virginia Ann-Christine Albertsson, Ph.D.: Professor, Department of Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Anthony L. Andrady, Ph.D.: Senior Research Scientist, Chemistry and Life Sciences, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Ludmila Audouin, Ph.D., Docteur d'Etat: Associate Professor, Materials Department, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers (ENSAM), Paris, France Santosh Kumar Awasthi, Ph.D.*: General Manager, Research Center, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Ingmar Bauer, Ph.D.: Staff Chemist, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany Mathew Celina, Ph.D.: Staff, Research and Development, Department of Aging and Reliability, Bulk Materials, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico Evguenii T. Denisov, D.Sc.: Professor, Department of Kinetics and Catalysts, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia Richard M. Fischer, Ph.D.: Division Scientist, Weathering Resource Center, 3M Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota Jean-Luc Gardette, Sc.D.: Professor, Laboratoire de Photochimie, Universite Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand), Aubiere, France Graeme A. George, Ph.D.: Professor, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Francois Louis Gugumus, Ph.D.*: Consultant, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Limited, Basel, Switzerland Ludmila Nikolaevna Guseva, Ph.D.: Senior Scientist, Department of Chemical and Biological Kinetics, N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Wolf D. Habicher, Sc.D.: Lecturer, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany S. Halim Hamid, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, and Manager, Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Ikram Hussain, M.S.: Research Engineer and Project Manager, Center for Refining and Petrochemicals, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Warren D. Ketola, B.S.: Division Scientist, Traffic Control Materials Division, 3M Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota Peter P. Klemchuk, Ph.D.: Polymer Group, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut Anand Kumar Kulshreshtha, Ph.D.: Senior Manager, Research Center, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Yurii Arsenovich Mikheev, Ph.D., D.Sc.: Head, Chain Reactions in Polymers Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Kinetics, N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Stanislav Nespurek, Ph.D., D.Sc.: Professor, Chemical Faculty, Technical University of Brno, Brno, and Head, Department of Electronic Phenomena, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic James E. Pickett, Ph.D.: Staff Chemist, Corporate Research and Development, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York Alexander Yakovlevich Polishchuk, Ph.D.: Head, Transport Phenomena in Polymers Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Kinetics, N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Jan Pospisil, Ph.D., D.Sc.: Chief Research Fellow, Department of Electronic Phenomena, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic Norma D. Searle, Ph.D.: Consultant, Plastics and Chemicals, Deerfield Beach, Florida Ayako Torikai, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Arthur M. Usmani, Ph.D.: Chief Scientific Officer, Biomedical Research Department, ALTEC USA, Indianapolis, Indiana Jacques Verdu, Docteur d'Etat: Professor, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers (ENSAM), Paris, France Guennadi Efremovich Zaikov, Ph.D., D.Sc.: Professor and Deputy Director, Department of Chemical and Biological Kinetics, N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	v
Preface to the First Edition	vii
Contributors	xi
I. Additives and Stabilizers in Polymers
Polyolefin Stabilization: From Single Stabilizers to Complex Systems	1	(38)
Francois Louis Gugumus
Greenhouse Film Stabilization	39	(42)
Francois Louis Gugumus
Phosphite Stabilizers for Polymers: Performance and Action Mechanisms	81	(24)
Wolf D. Habicher
Ingmar Bauer
Polymer-Processing Additives	105	(58)
Anand Kumar Kulshreshtha
Santosh Kumar Awasthi
Permanence of UV Absorbers in Plastics and Coatings	163	(28)
James E. Pickett
Highlights in the Inherent Chemical Activity of Polymer Stabilizers	191	(86)
Jan Pospisil
Stanislav Nespurek
II. Mechanisms of Polymer Degradation and Stabilization
Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Oxidation of Polypropylene	277	(38)
Graeme A. George
Mathew Celina
New Mechanisms of Polymer Degradation	315	(68)
Yurii Arsenovich Mikheev
Ludmila Nikolaevna Guseva
Guennadi Efremovich Zaikov
III. Controlled Degradation and Stabilization
Polymer Oxidation and Antioxidant Action	383	(38)
Evguenii T. Denisov
Biodegradation of Polymers in Historical Perspective Versus Modern Polymer Chemistry	421	(20)
Ann-Christine Albertsson
Assessment of Biodegradability in Organic Polymers	441	(20)
Anthony L. Andrady
Environmental Degradation of Polymers	461	(24)
Peter P. Klemchuk
Medical Polymers and Diagnostic Reagents	485	(30)
Naim Akmal
Arthur M. Usmani
Drug Release from Polymers: Quantitatve Approach	515	(58)
Alexander Yakovlevich Polishchuk
Guennadi Efremovich Zaikov
IV. Wavelength Sensitivity of Polymers
Wavelength Sensitivity of Photodegradation of Polymers	573	(32)
Ayako Torikai
Activation Spectra of Polymers and Their Application to Stabilization and Stability Testing	605	(40)
Norma D. Searle
Accelerated Weathering Test Design and Data Analysis	645	(26)
Richard M. Fischer
Warren D. Ketola
Fundamental and Technical Aspects of the Photooxidation of Polymers	671	(28)
Jean-Luc Gardette
Lifetime Prediction of Plastics	699	(28)
S. Halim Hamid
Ikram Hussain
Kinetic Modeling of Low-Temperature Oxidation of Hydrocarbon Polymers	727	(38)
Ludmila Audouin
Laurence Achimsky
Jacques Verdu
Index	765