Description Today engineers, designers, buyers and all those who have to work with plastics face a dilemma. There has been a proliferation of test
methods by which plastic properties are measured. The property data measured by these test methods are not identical and sometimes have
large differences. How are engineers, designers, buyers going to decide the type and resin grade and their property data? Which are
the valid test methods? The right plastic property data are the difference between success and failure of a design, thus making the
property selection process critical. For the first time this book provides a simple and efficient approach to a highly complex and time
consuming task. There are over 26,000 different grades of polymers and millions of parts and applications, further adding to the difficulty
of the selection process.
Selection of Polymeric Materials steers engineers and designers onto the right path to selecting the appropriate
values for each plastic property. A large amount of property information has been provided to teach and assist the plastic part designer
and others in selecting the right resin and properties for an application. Various standards including ASTM, ISO, UL, and British Specifications
have been discussed to help the readers in making sound decisions.
Audience
Product designers, engineers, buyers, quality engineers, process engineers, and anyone else responsible for the selection of making a plastic resin material.
Contents 1. Polymeric Materials and Properties
1.1 Tensile Stress-Strain Comparison Graphs
1.2 Property Data Information for Polymeric Materials
1.3 Material Selection Guidelines
1.4 Polymeric Materials Specifications
1.5 Testing Polymeric Materials
1.6 The Need for Uniform
Global Testing Standards
1.7 Polymeric Materials
1.8 Polymeric Materials Background
1.9 Polymeric Materials Families
1.10 Classification
of Polymeric Materials by Performance
1.11 Types of Thermoplastic Molecular Structures
1.12 Manufacturing of Polymers
1.13 Polymeric
Materials Compounding Process
1.14 Basic Characteristics of Polymeric Materials
1.15 Families of Thermoplastic Polymers
1.16 Families
of Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE)
1.17 Families of Thermoset Polymers
2. Mechanical Properties of Polymeric Materials
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Comparison Tables of Mechanical Properties
2.3 Comparison Between ASTM and ISO Mechanical Test Standards
2.4 Tensile Testing
2.5 Tensile Strength Effects Caused by Cross-Head Speeds
2.6 Molecular Orientation Effects
2.7 Compounding Processes & Properties
of Glass Reinforced Polymers
2.8 Fiber Glass Effects on Polymeric Material Properties
2.9 Tensile Stress Effects Caused by Fiber
Glass Orientation
2.10 Weld Line Effects on Injection Molded Products
2.11 Temperature Effects on the Behavior of Polymeric Materials
2.12 Effects to Nylon Properties Caused by Moisture
2.13 Flexural Testing
2.14 Compressive Strength Testing
2.15 Shear Strength
Testing
2.16 Stress-Strain Curves, Load Type Comparison
2.17 Creep, Rupture, Relaxation, and Fatigue
2.18 Tensile Creep Testing
2.19 Flexural Creep Testing
2.20 Isochronous Stress-Strain Curves
2.21 Procedure for Applying Creep Modulus
2.22 Creep Rupture
2.23 Stress Relaxation
2.24 Fatigue Characteristics
2.25 Impact Strength Testing
2.26 Impact Fracture Mechanism
2.27 Pendulum
Impact Tests
2.28 Gardner Drop Weight Impact Testing
2.29 Falling Weight Tower Impact Testing
2.30 Instrumented Impact Testing
2.31 Instrumented High Speed Horizontal Plunger Impact Tester
2.32 Instrumented Impact Testing (Dynatup®)
2.33 Product Design
Analysis Using Dynatup® Test Data
2.34 Miscellaneous Impact Testing
3. Thermal Properties of Polymeric Materials
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Thermal Properties for Elevated Temperatures
3.3 Introduction to ISO Testing Standards
3.4 Melting Temperature Testing
3.5
Vicat Softening Temperature Testing
3.6 Glass Transition Temperature Testing
3.7 Brittleness Temperature Testing
3.8 Continuous
Service Temperature Testing
3.9 UL Temperature Index
3.10 Heat Deflection Temperature Testing
3.11 Soldering Heat Resistance Performance
3.12 Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion Testing
3.13 Thermal Conductivity Testing
3.14 Melt Flow Rate
3.15 Melt Mass-flow
Rate Testing
3.16 Capillary Rheometer Relative Melt Viscosity Testing
3.17 Relative Melt Viscosity vs. Shear Rate Graph
3.18 Flammability
Characteristics of Polymeric Materials
3.19 UL 94 Flammability Testing
3.20 UL Horizontal Burn Testing
3.21 UL Vertical Burn Testing,
UL 94-V0, UL 94-V1, UL 94-V2
3.22 UL Vertical Burn Testing, UL 94-5V, UL 94-5VA, UL 94-5VB
3.23 Limited Oxygen Index Testing
3.24
Smoke Generation Testing
3.25 Self and Flash Ignition Temperature Testing
4. Electrical Properties of Polymeric Materials
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Thermoplastic Polymers Characteristics for Electrical Applications
4.3 Thermoset Polymers Characteristics for Electrical Applications
4.4 ASTM/UL Electrical Properties of Polymeric Materials
4.5 Introduction to ISO/IEC Electrical Test Methods
4.6 Electrical Terminology
4.7 Electrical Insulation Properties
4.8 Electrical Resistance Properties
4.9 Dielectric Constant Testing
4.10 Dissipation Factor
Testing
4.11 Volume Resistivity Testing
4.13 Dielectric Strength Testing
4.14 Hot-Wire Ignition Testing
4.15 High-Amperage Arc
Ignition Testing
4.16 High-Voltage Arc Tracking Rate
4.17 Arc Resistance Testing
4.18 Comparative Track Index Testing
4.19 Glow
Wire Testing
4.20 Hot Mandrel Testing
4.21 Underwriter's Laboratories Yellow Cards
4.22 How to Read and Interpret the UL Yellow
Card
4.23 UL Electrical Insulation Systems
5. Physical Properties of Polymeric Materials
5.1 Introduction
5.2 ASTM Physical
Properties of Polymeric Materials
5.3 ASTM and ISO Comparison of Physical Testing Standards
5.4 Specific Gravity Testing
5.5 Density
Gradient Testing
5.6 Optical Testing Properties
5.7 Water Absorption Testing
5.8 Surface Hardness Testing
5.9 Abrasion Resistance
Testing
5.10 Tear Resistance
5.11 Coefficient of Friction Testing
5.12 Mold Shrinkage Testing
6. Microbial, Weather, Chemical Resistance
of Polymeric Materials
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Fungal Resistance Testing
6.3 Bacteria Resistance Testing
6.4 Fungi and Bacteria
Outdoor Exposure Resistance Limitations
6.5 Weathering Tests for Polymeric Materials
6.6 Accelerated Weathering Testing
6.7 Exposure
to Fluorescent UV Lamp, Condensation
6.8 Accelerated Weather Testing, Weather Ometer
6.9 Exposure to Carbon Arc Light % Water Testing
6.10 Exposure to Xenon Arc Light and Water Testing
6.11 Outdoor Weathering Testing
6.12 Chemical Resistance Testing of Polymeric
Materials
6.13 Chemical Resistance Tables of Delrin Homopolymer Acetal
Appendices
Acronyms for Polymeric Materials
Common Acronyms
Process Acronyms
Reinforcements and Fillers Acronyms
Nomenclature
English and Metric Units Conversion Guide
Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 350 pages, publication date: JAN-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-8155-1551-7
ISBN-10: 0-8155-1551-0
Imprint: WILLIAM ANDREW
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