This handbook describes seven techniques for studying the behavior of plastic materials during manufacturing, explains the scientific relationships involved, and demonstrates the interpretation of res
Following a review of the market for polymeric materials (i.e., plastics), Ehrenstein (director, Institute of Polymer Technology, U. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany), explains the correlations between
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is often used in plastics failure analysis when light microscopy cannot provide images of high enough resolution. SEM images also provide higher contrast, in particu
