July 2024
Intermediate to advanced
280 pages
12h 52m
English
Polymer additives are chemicals added to the base polymer to improve processability, prolong the life span, and/or achieve the desired physical or chemical properties in the final product.
Polymer additives can broadly be classified as polymer stabilizers (such as antioxidants, photo/light stabilizers, etc.) and functional agents (such as plasticizers, flame retardants, etc.). Polymer stabilizers are essential to practical use, since they maintain the inherent properties, color, and other characteristics of plastics by preventing the oxidative degradation caused by high temperature during processing and ultraviolet exposure during use. Functional additives, on the other hand, ...
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