Rheology and Processing of Polymeric Materials: Volume 2: Polymer Processing

This volume consists of two parts. Part I has ten chapters presenting fundamental principles associated with the processing of thermoplastic polymers. A thermoplastic polymer, when heated, is transformed into a liquid, which can then readily be transported through a shaping device (e.g., extrusion die or mold cavity), and then cooled down to a solid, rendering specific mechanical/physical properties. Barring thermal degradation and/or chemical reaction, a thermoplastic polymer can be regenerated by heating and cooling repeatedly. Since the processing of thermoplastic polymers in the molten state invariably involves flow, a successful processing operation requires a good understanding of their rheological behavior, which we have discussed in Part II of Volume 1. Since there are so many different polymer processing operations practiced in industry, I had to make a conscious, though somewhat arbitrary, decision on the selection of the polymer processing operations to be covered in this volume. Admittedly, the selection has been made on the basis of my research activities during the past three decades.

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Nyckelord: thermoplastic polymers, liquid, shaping device, heating and cooling