Handbook of Polyolefins

This newly revised and expanded reference includes 60 percent new material on the structure, morphology, and properties of polyolefin (PO) synthesis, focusing on synthetic advances, the use of additives, special coverage of PO blends, composites and fibers, and surface treatments. The Second Edition addresses the problem of interfacial and superficial phenomena! Thoroughly updated and rewritten by over 50 internationally recognized experts from the United States, Europe, and Russia-double the number of the previous edition-the Second Edition of the Handbook of Polyolefinsconsiders main industrial and novel routes of synthesisexamines new additives: stabilizers, nucleating and clarifying agents, fillers and reinforcements, and coupling agentsdescribes thermodynamic properties of PO solutionsreviews marketing data and their impact on scientific and economic developmentexplains functionalized and controlled lifetime polyolefinsclarifies biocompatibility and biodeterioration and more!Featuring more than 4700 references and over 1800 drawings, tables, chemical structures, equations, and micrographs, the Second Edition of the Handbook of Polyolefins is an exhaustive reference for chemical and design engineers; polymer, analytical, materials, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical chemists; environmental scientists and technologists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.