Handbook of Thermoset Plastics
Edited by- Sidney W. Goodman, Hughes Aircraft and University of Southern California
- Sidney W. Goodman, Hughes Aircraft and University of Southern California
Once occupying a lesser, yet significant, role in the plastics' industry, thermoset plastics technology has increasingly become important to designers and users who work in specialty applications. Everything from toys to medical devices, and from automotive to sports and recreation products, are being manufactured using thermoset plastics. An increased understanding of thermoset plastics technology and processes has broadened their use exponentially over the last few years. In fact, the importance and contributions of unsaturated polyesters, urethanes, and epoxy thermosets have driven unprecedented sales and production figures that approach the definition of commodity materials. As a survey of the technology, the handbook provides the reader with the practical implications of crosslinking, as well as establishing relationships between time, temperature, and mass, often ignored in the general overviews allotted to thermoset plastics in other handbooks. The Handbook of Thermoset Plastics offers the most complete collection of general and technical details available for this important subject.
Audience
Engineers, chemists, physicists, technicians and students who need general, as well as technical, details concerning thermoset plastics.
Hardbound, 604 Pages
Published: December 1999
Imprint: William Andrew
ISBN: 978-0-8155-1421-3
Contents
- 1. Introduction History Definitions Crosslinking and Curing Influence of Time, Temperature, and Mass Shelf Life and Pot Life Curing Staging Stoichiometric Considerations Prepolymerization and Adducting Bibliography2. Phenol-Formaldehyde Introduction Raw Materials Phenol Resinification (Production) of Phenol-Formaldehyde Resins Phenolic Resins in Friction Materials Phenolic Resins Trade Names and Manufactures References3. Amino and Furan Resins Introduction Raw Materials Amino Resins Furan Resins Properties of Amino and Furan Resins Trade Names References4. Unsaturated Polyester and Vinyl Ester Resins Unsaturated Polyesters Vinyl Ester Resins Compounding of Unsaturated Polyester and Vinyl Ester Resins Applicable Manufacturing Process Recent Developments Trade Names and Manufacturers of Unsaturated Polyester and Vinyl Esters References5. Allyls Introduction Chemistry Polymerization and Processing Formulation Properties Applications References and Bibliography6. Epoxy Resins Introduction Resin Types Curatives and Grosslinking Reactions Alkaline Curing Agents Acid Curing Agents Formulation Principles Properties Applications7. Thermoset Polyurethanes Introduction Environmental Regulation and its Impact on Polyurethane Technology Modification of Amines for Reaction with Isocyanates Recent Development Amines JEFFAMINES$#174; (Polyoxyalkylendimine) Water-Borne Polyurethanes Other Two-Component Polyurethanes Catalysts Diisocyanates Acknowledgment References Bibliography8. High performance Polyimides and Related Thermoset Polymers; Past and Present Development, and Future Research irection Historical Perspective Polyimides from Condensation Reactions Thermoplastic Polyimides Addition-Curable Polyimides and Other Polymers Nadimide-Terminated Thermosetting Polyimides Maleimide- Terminated Thermosetting Polyimides Cyanate- Terminated Thermosetting Polymers High Temperature Thermosetting resins Based on Phtalonitrile Acetylene-Terminated Thermosetting Polymers Propargyl-Terminated Oligomers Phenylethynyl-Terminated Thermosetting Polymers Applicability of Thermoset Isoimides/Imides to Resin Transfer Molding Processing Application of High-Performance Polymers to Improve Galvanic Corrosion of Imide-Based Composites Application of High-Performance Polymers in Lightning Strike Protection Technology Using Nonmetallic Materials Future Demands in Ultrahigh Temperature Resistant Polymers Chemical Structures Suitable for Ultrahigh temperature Use Novel Cross-Linking Mechanisms for Stability at Ultrahigh Temperatures Polymer-Ceramic Materials References9. Silicones Introduction Silicone Fluids Silicone Rubbers Room-Temperature-Vulcanizing Silicones Heat Cured Systems Silicone Laminates Government Specifications for Silicone Products References10. Crosslinked Thermoplastics Introduction Crosslinking of Thermoplastics Effects of Crosslinking on Polymer Chemical Crosslinking Rotational Molding Post-Irradiation Effects Acrylates Trade Names ReferencesIndex
