Handbook of Nucleating Agents, Second Edition gives engineers and materials scientists the information they need to increase the production rate, modify structure and morphology, improve mechanical performance, and reduce the haze of polymeric products through proper selection of nucleating agents (and/or the so-called clarifying agents). The book analyzes the existing literature paying special attention to recent developments, and is divided into 14 chapters, each of which concentrates on essential performances of nucleating agents. Chemical origin and related properties of nucleating agents are analyzed in general terms to highlight the differences in their properties and the book also provides the most essential theoretical knowledge required for proper selection and use of nucleating and clarifying agents. This includes polymer crystallization with and without nucleating agents, parameters of crystallization, essential influences on the nucleation processes, the measures of nucleation efficiency, the mechanisms of nucleation, and the effective methods of dispersion of nucleating agents. Later chapters concentrate on the application aspects in different formulations, outlining nineteen polymer processing methods which require use of nucleating agents, forty different polymers which are known to use nucleating agents, and sixteen applied examples of commercial products with nucleating agents. The final three chapters discuss the effects of nucleating agents on physical and mechanical properties of materials, the most essential analytical techniques, and health and safety in use of nucleating agents.
1. Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION - p. iii 2. Chapter 2: CHEMICAL ORIGIN OF NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 3 3. Chapter 3: POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION WITH AND WITHOUT NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 32 4. Chapter 4: PARAMETERS OF CRYSTALLIZATION - p. 52 5. Chapter 5: WHAT INFLUENCES NUCLEATION? - p. 59 6. Chapter 6: NUCLEATION EFFICIENCY MEASURES - p. 78 7. Chapter 7: MECHANISMS OF CRYSTALLIZATION - p. 88 8. Chapter 8: DISPERSION OF NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 95 9. Chapter 9: NUCLEATING AGENTS IN DIFFERENT PROCESSING METHODS - p. 103 10. Chapter 10: APPLICATION OF NUCLEATING AGENTS IN SPECIFIC POLYMERS - p. 138 11. Chapter 11: NUCLEATING AGENTS IN VARIOUS PRODUCTS - p. 202 12. Chapter 12: EFFECT OF NUCLEATING AGENTS ON PHYSICAL-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES - p. 227 13. Chapter 13: IMPORTANT ANALYTICAL METHODS USED IN THE STUDIES OF NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 242 14. Chapter 14: HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 249 15. INDEX - p. 251
Handbook of Nucleating Agents, Second Edition gives engineers and materials scientists the information they need to increase the production rate, modify structure and morphology, improve mechanical performance, and reduce the haze of polymeric products through proper selection of nucleating agents (and/or the so-called clarifying agents). The book analyzes the existing literature paying special attention to recent developments, and is divided into 14 chapters, each of which concentrates on essential performances of nucleating agents. Chemical origin and related properties of nucleating agents are analyzed in general terms to highlight the differences in their properties and the book also provides the most essential theoretical knowledge required for proper selection and use of nucleating and clarifying agents. This includes polymer crystallization with and without nucleating agents, parameters of crystallization, essential influences on the nucleation processes, the measures of nucleation efficiency, the mechanisms of nucleation, and the effective methods of dispersion of nucleating agents. Later chapters concentrate on the application aspects in different formulations, outlining nineteen polymer processing methods which require use of nucleating agents, forty different polymers which are known to use nucleating agents, and sixteen applied examples of commercial products with nucleating agents. The final three chapters discuss the effects of nucleating agents on physical and mechanical properties of materials, the most essential analytical techniques, and health and safety in use of nucleating agents.
1. Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION - p. iii 2. Chapter 2: CHEMICAL ORIGIN OF NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 3 3. Chapter 3: POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION WITH AND WITHOUT NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 32 4. Chapter 4: PARAMETERS OF CRYSTALLIZATION - p. 52 5. Chapter 5: WHAT INFLUENCES NUCLEATION? - p. 59 6. Chapter 6: NUCLEATION EFFICIENCY MEASURES - p. 78 7. Chapter 7: MECHANISMS OF CRYSTALLIZATION - p. 88 8. Chapter 8: DISPERSION OF NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 95 9. Chapter 9: NUCLEATING AGENTS IN DIFFERENT PROCESSING METHODS - p. 103 10. Chapter 10: APPLICATION OF NUCLEATING AGENTS IN SPECIFIC POLYMERS - p. 138 11. Chapter 11: NUCLEATING AGENTS IN VARIOUS PRODUCTS - p. 202 12. Chapter 12: EFFECT OF NUCLEATING AGENTS ON PHYSICAL-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES - p. 227 13. Chapter 13: IMPORTANT ANALYTICAL METHODS USED IN THE STUDIES OF NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 242 14. Chapter 14: HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH NUCLEATING AGENTS - p. 249 15. INDEX - p. 251
