Plastics Additives. Advanced Industrial Analysis

This industrially relevant and up-to-date resource deals with all established and emerging analytical methods for in-polymer additive analysis of plastics formulations. Detailed coverage comprises solid-state spectroscopy, thermal analysis and pyrolysis, laser techniques, surface studies and microanalysis along with process analytics, quantitative analysis and modern analytical method development and validation. The book is organised for quick and easy reference and is extensively illustrated with over 200 figures, 300 flow diagrams and tables to facilitate rapid understanding of this topic, and contains 4000 references. Emphasis is on understanding (principles and characteristics) and industrial applicability. This volume is aimed at those who need to examine the formulation of polymeric materials, such as (analytical) chemists, material scientists, engineers, graduates and post-graduates, laboratory technicians, and other practitioners employed in industry, academia, government and regulatory agencies concerned with plastic products.