Polymer Product Failure

Download or read book Polymer Product Failure written by P.R. Lewis and published by iSmithers Rapra Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use of polymers in product design has continued to grow at a rate unrivalled by conventional materials such as metal, ceramics or glass. More polymeric materials are becoming available to the designer, and this report highlights the need for caution in new design work, for careful use of new materials, and for awareness of the product environment. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database gives useful references for further reading.