Handbook of Material Weathering, Seventh Edition is an essential guide on the effects of weathering on polymers and industrial products, presenting theory, stress factors, methods of weathering and testing, and the effects of additives and environmental stress cracking. The book provides graphical illustrations and numerical data to examine the weathering of major polymers and industrial products, including mechanisms of degradation, effect of thermal processes, and characteristic changes in properties. Final sections discuss recycling, corrosion, weathering, and the weathering of stone.
This book is an important reference source for those involved in studying material durability, producing materials for outdoor use and actinic exposure, research chemists in the photochemistry field, chemists and material scientists designing new materials, users of manufactured products, those who control the quality of manufactured products, and students who want to apply their knowledge to real materials.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. PREFACE - p. iii 6. List of Illustrations - p. xiv 7. List of Tables - p. xiv 8. Chapter 1: PHOTOPHYSICS - p. xiv 9. Chapter 2: PHOTOCHEMISTRY - p. 26 10. Chapter 3: PARAMETERS OF EXPOSURE - p. 49 11. Chapter 4: MEASUREMENTS iN ASSESSMENT OF WEATHERING CONDITIONS - p. 94 12. Chapter 5: CLIMATIC CONDITIONS - p. 110 13. Chapter 6: METHODS OF OUTDOOR EXPOSURE - p. 129 14. Chapter 7: LABORATORY DEGRADATION STUDIES - p. 160 15. Chapter 8: WEATHERING CYCLES - p. 196 16. Chapter 9: SAMPLE PREPARATION - p. 209 17. Chapter 10: WEATHERING DATA INTERPRETATION. LIFETIME PREDICTION - p. 226 18. Chapter 11: ARTIFICIAL WEATHERING VERSUS NATURAL EXPOSURE - p. 241 19. Chapter 12: EFFECT OF WEATHERING ON MATERIAL PROPERTIES - p. 259 20. Chapter 13: TESTING METHODS OF WEATHERED SPECIMEN - p. 294 21. Chapter 14: DATA ON SPECIFIC POLYMERS - p. 369 22. Chapter 15: EFFECT OF ADDITIVES ON WEATHERING - p. 611 23. Chapter 16: WEATHERING OF COMPOUNDED PRODUCTS - p. 646 24. Chapter 17: STABILIZATION AND STABILIZERS - p. 818 25. Chapter 18: BIODEGRADATION - p. 861 26. Chapter 19: RECYCLING - p. 883 27. Chapter 20: ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACKING - p. 895 28. Chapter 21: INTERRELATION BETWEEN CORROSION AND WEATHERING - p. 920 29. Chapter 22: WEATHERING OF STONES - p. 928 30. Index - p. 938
Handbook of Material Weathering, Seventh Edition is an essential guide on the effects of weathering on polymers and industrial products, presenting theory, stress factors, methods of weathering and testing, and the effects of additives and environmental stress cracking. The book provides graphical illustrations and numerical data to examine the weathering of major polymers and industrial products, including mechanisms of degradation, effect of thermal processes, and characteristic changes in properties. Final sections discuss recycling, corrosion, weathering, and the weathering of stone.
This book is an important reference source for those involved in studying material durability, producing materials for outdoor use and actinic exposure, research chemists in the photochemistry field, chemists and material scientists designing new materials, users of manufactured products, those who control the quality of manufactured products, and students who want to apply their knowledge to real materials.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. PREFACE - p. iii 6. List of Illustrations - p. xiv 7. List of Tables - p. xiv 8. Chapter 1: PHOTOPHYSICS - p. xiv 9. Chapter 2: PHOTOCHEMISTRY - p. 26 10. Chapter 3: PARAMETERS OF EXPOSURE - p. 49 11. Chapter 4: MEASUREMENTS iN ASSESSMENT OF WEATHERING CONDITIONS - p. 94 12. Chapter 5: CLIMATIC CONDITIONS - p. 110 13. Chapter 6: METHODS OF OUTDOOR EXPOSURE - p. 129 14. Chapter 7: LABORATORY DEGRADATION STUDIES - p. 160 15. Chapter 8: WEATHERING CYCLES - p. 196 16. Chapter 9: SAMPLE PREPARATION - p. 209 17. Chapter 10: WEATHERING DATA INTERPRETATION. LIFETIME PREDICTION - p. 226 18. Chapter 11: ARTIFICIAL WEATHERING VERSUS NATURAL EXPOSURE - p. 241 19. Chapter 12: EFFECT OF WEATHERING ON MATERIAL PROPERTIES - p. 259 20. Chapter 13: TESTING METHODS OF WEATHERED SPECIMEN - p. 294 21. Chapter 14: DATA ON SPECIFIC POLYMERS - p. 369 22. Chapter 15: EFFECT OF ADDITIVES ON WEATHERING - p. 611 23. Chapter 16: WEATHERING OF COMPOUNDED PRODUCTS - p. 646 24. Chapter 17: STABILIZATION AND STABILIZERS - p. 818 25. Chapter 18: BIODEGRADATION - p. 861 26. Chapter 19: RECYCLING - p. 883 27. Chapter 20: ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACKING - p. 895 28. Chapter 21: INTERRELATION BETWEEN CORROSION AND WEATHERING - p. 920 29. Chapter 22: WEATHERING OF STONES - p. 928 30. Index - p. 938
