Plastics Failure Guide: Cause and Prevention

In this book, four factors of plastics technology--Material, Design, Processing, and Service Conditions--provide a guide to how and why plastics fail and how failure can be prevented. This second edition has been updated and expanded and includes three new chapters: Chapter 14; Adhesion Failure of Plastics; Chapter 15, Failure of Human Biopolymers; and Chapter 16, Environmental, Recycling, and Health Aspects of Plastics Failure. In its completely expanded form, which includes numerous photographs and illustrations, this new edition bridges the gap between the basic aspects of polymers and the failure of plastics in diverse applications.