Selected articles from the new ASM Handbook, Volume 11B: Characterization and Failure Analysis of Plastics have been digitally published in ASM Handbooks Online in the ASM Digital Library in advance of the full volume release. The full volume, edited by Todd J. Menna, is scheduled to be released digitally and in print in the fall of 2022.
Articles include “Polymer Processing – An Introduction” by Wei Zheng, Adam Kramschuster and Alex Jordan; “Physical, Chemical, and Thermal Analysis of Thermoplastic Resins” by Stephen B. Driscoll; “Visual Examination and Photography in Failure Analysis” by Richard P. Baron; and “Wear Failures of Plastics” by Michael E. Finn and Gaurav Nagalia are available in the ASM Handbooks online.
ASM Handbook, Volume 11B represents the first time the topic characterization and failure analysis of plastics has been given its own volume in the ASM Handbook series.
The volume contains divisions devoted to polymer science, material selection and design with engineering plastics, chemical, thermal and physical analysis of plastics, mechanical behavior and testing of plastics, degradation mechanisms of plastics, failure analysis of plastics and analysis and prevention of plastic product failures.
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