Polymer Photodegradation
Mechanisms and experimental methods
Authors: RABEK, Jan F.
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During the last two decades, the production of polymers and plastics has been increasing rapidly. In spite of developing new polymers and polymeric materials, only 40~60 are used commercially on a large scale. It has been estimated that half of the annual production of polymers is employed outdoors. The photochemical instability of most polymers limits their outdoor application as they are photodegraded quickly over periods from months to a few years. To the despair of technologists and consumers alike, photodegradation and environmental ageing of polymers occur much faster than can be expected from knowledge collected in laboratories. In order to improve polymer photostability there has been a very big effort during the last 30 years to understand the mechanisms involved in photodegradation and environmental ageing. This book represents the author's attempt, based on his 25 years' experience in research on photodegradation and photo stabilization, to collect and generalize a number of available data on the photodegradation of polymers. The space limitation and the tremendous number of publications in the past two decades have made a detailed presentation of all important results and data difficult. The author apologizes to those whose work has not been quoted or widely presented in this book. Because many published results are very often contradictory, it has been difficult to present a fully critical review of collected knowledge, without antagonizing authors. For that reason, all available theories, mechanisms and different suggestions have been presented together, and only practice can evaluate which of them are valid.
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As a reference work and a wide window to the scientific literature, Rabek's magnum opus should be very useful indeed...I recommend that everyone interested in polymer degradation ensure that he/she has easy access to this book and at least scans through it initially; more detailed reading is sure to follow. Polymer News
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Physical aspects of the photodegradation of polymers
Pages 1-23
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Photochemical aspects of degradation of polymers
Pages 24-66
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Photodegradation and photo-oxidative degradation of homochain polymers
Pages 67-254
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Photodegradation and photo-oxidative degradation of heterochain polymers
Pages 255-352
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Role of metal compounds in the photodegradation of polymers
Pages 353-376
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Polymer Photodegradation
- Book Subtitle
- Mechanisms and experimental methods
- Authors
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- Jan F. RABEK
- Copyright
- 1995
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Chapman & Hall
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-011-1274-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-011-1274-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-412-58480-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-010-4556-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 664
- Topics
