Handbook of Material Weathering.

Handbook of Material Weathering, Sixth Edition, is an essential guide to the effects of weathering on polymers and industrial products, presenting theory, stress factors, methods of weathering and testing and the effects of additives and environmental stress cracking. The book provides graphical ill...

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Main Author: Wypych, George
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Elsevier Science, 2018.
Edition:6th ed.
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Online Access:Full text (Wentworth users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Chapter 1: PHOTOPHYSICS; 1.1 NATURE OF RADIATION; 1.2 ABSORPTION OF RADIATION BY MATERIALS; 1.3 FATE AND UTILIZATION OF ABSORBED ENERGY; 1.4 RADIATIVE PROCESSES INVOLVING DIMERS; 1.5 MODELING AND PHOTOPHYSICAL DATA; Chapter 2: PHOTOCHEMISTRY; 2.1 TYPICAL ROUTES OF PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; 2.2 PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIVITY AND QUANTUM YIELD; 2.3 EXCITATION OF EXCITED STATE; 2.4 PARAMETERS OF PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; 2.6 QUENCHERS AND PHOTOSENSITIZERS; Chapter 3: PARAMETERS OF EXPOSURE; 3.1 RADIATION; 3.2 TEMPERATURE; 3.3 WATER.
  • 3.4 ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITION3.5 POLLUTANTS; 3.6 BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES; 3.7 WATER POLLUTANTS; 3.8 STRESS; 3.9 COOPERATIVE ACTION OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS; Chapter 4: MEASUREMENTS IN ASSESSMENT OF WEATHERING CONDITIONS; 4.1 RADIATION; 4.2 SUNSHINE DURATION; 4.3 TEMPERATURE; 4.4 RELATIVE HUMIDITY; 4.5 TIME OF WETNESS; 4.5 RAIN; 4.6 POLLUTANTS; Chapter 5: CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 RADIATION; 5.3 SUNSHINE DURATION; 5.4 TEMPERATURE; 5.5 PRECIPITATION; 5.6 RELATIVE HUMIDITY; 5.7 WETNESS TIME; 5.8 POLLUTANTS; 5.9 SURFACE SOILING; Chapter 6: METHODS OF OUTDOOR EXPOSURE; 6.1 INTRODUCTION.
  • 6.2 CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND DEGRADATION RATE6.3 VARIABILITY OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE STRATEGY IN OUTDOOR EXPOSURES; 6.4 INFLUENCE OF SPECIMEN PROPERTIES; 6.5 TYPICAL METHODS OF OUTDOOR EXPOSURE; 6.6 OTHER PARAMETERS OF EXPOSURE; 6.7 RELEVANT STANDARDS; Chapter 7: LABORATORY DEGRADATION STUDIES; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 LIGHT SOURCES; 7.3 FILTERS; 7.4 RADIATION: DELIVERY, MONITORING, AND CONTROL; 7.5 TEMPERATURE CONTROL; 7.6 HUMIDITY CONTROL; 7.7 SPECIMEN SPRAYING; 7.8 SPECIMEN RACKS AND HOLDERS; 7.9 WEATHERING EQUIPMENT; 7.10 CORRELATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT DEVICES.
  • 7.11 POLLUTANTS7.12 PRECISION OF STUDIES; Chapter 8: WEATHERING CYCLES; Chapter 9: SAMPLE PREPARATION; Chapter 10: WEATHERING DATA INTERPRETATION. LIFETIME PREDICTION; Chapter 11: ARTIFICIAL WEATHERING VERSUS NATURAL EXPOSURE; Chapter 12: EFFECT OF WEATHERING ON MATEMAL PROPERTIES; 12.1 MASS LOSS; 12.2 DEPTH OF DEGRADATION; 12.3 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; 12.4 CHANGES OF COLOR AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; 12.5 SURFACE CHANGES; 12.6 MOLECULAR WEIGHT; 12.7 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SURFACE AND BULK; 12.8 MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF SURFACE LAYERS; 12.9 GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; 12.10 SELF-HEALING.
  • Chapter 13: Testing Methods of Weathered Specimen13.1 VISUAL EVALUATION; 13.2 MICROSCOPY; 13.3 IMAGING TECHNIQUES; 13.4 GLOSS; 13.5 COLOR CHANGES; 13.6 VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; 13.7 UV SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; 13.8 INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; 13.9 NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; 13.10 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; 13.11 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; 13.12 ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; 13.13 MASS SPECTROMETRY; 13.14 POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; 13.15 CHEMILUMINESCENCE, FLUORESCENCE, AND PHOSPHORESCENCE; 13.16 ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; 13.17 WAXS AND SAXS.