Polymers in Industry from A-Z: A Concise Encyclopedia

By Leno Mascia

We are surrounded by polymers: Whether it's to prepare a meal, use computer keyboards and mousepads, or step onto a new playground, you'll encounter a plastic product made of polymers. Owing to the extraordinary range of properties accessible in polymeric materials, they play an essential and ubiquitous role in everyday life - from plastics and elastomers on the one hand to natural biopolymers such as DNA and proteins that are essential for life on the other.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3527329641
• ISBN13: 9783527329649
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Wiley-Vch
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.6"