Although plastics are extremely successful commercially, they would never reach acceptable performance standards either in properties or processing without the

Plastics without additives are not viable. Additives are essential to make plastics processable and to assure their end-use properties. The demands on additives

A must for experts in industry, this book describes the application of vibrational (FTIR, UV, Raman) and mass spectrometries and other instrumental techniques f

This book deals with the most important substances used as additives in the plastics industry to improve the properties of polymer-based materials. Each chapter

“Plastics Additives and Testing” is a practical book for engineers and operators and discusses both inorganic and organic chemicals that are widely used as