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Plastics Packaging
2000, 432 pages, 120 figures, by Ruben Hernandez, Susan E. M. Selke and John Cutler
$79.95

Description
This new book is intended to provide a basic understanding of plastic packaging materials. It contains a broad-based discussion, beginning with the definition and common properties as a group, and continues with a detailed description of the significant properties of the major packaging plastics and of specialty polymers with significant applications in packaging. The authors stress the relationship between chemical structure and packaging material properties. This book is an example reference tool for packaging professionals responsible for writing specifications, designing, fabricating, testing, and controlling the quality of plastics materials, and for students studying packaging. Study questions for students are included at the end of each chapter.

Table of Contents
Contents: Chapter One-Introduction. Chapter Two-Basic Concepts and Definitions. Chapter Three-Polymer Structure and Properties. Chapter Four-Major Plastics in Packaging. Chapter Five-Additives and Compounding. Chapter Six-Adhesion, Adhesives, and Heat Sealing. Chapter Seven-Extrusion, Film, and Sheet. Chapter Eight-Converting, Lamination and Coating. Chapter Nine-Flexible Packaging. Chapter Ten-Thermoforming. Chapter Eleven-Injection Molding, Closures, Rotational Molding, Compression Molding and Tubes. Chapter Twelve-Blow Molding and Bottles. Chapter Thirteen-Foams, Cushioning, and Distribution Packaging. Chapter Fourteen-Mass Transfer in Polymeric Packaging Systems: Sorption, Diffusion, Permeation, and Shelf Life. Chapter Fifteen-U.S. Regulations and Plastics Packaging. Chapter Sixteen-Environmental Considerations. Glossary.