"Volume 1 of this outstanding resource concentrates on safety and environmental concerns in the manufacture and use of resins, and thoroughly discusses theories of degradation, plasticization, solvation, and stabilization. "

"Volume 1 of this outstanding resource concentrates on safety and environmental concerns in the manufacture and use of resins, and thoroughly discusses theories of degradation, plasticization, solvation, and stabilization. "

Revised and updated throughout, this second edition covers significant changes and advances in PVC science and technology.;Volume 3 examines such diverse subjects as: PVC compounding equipment, compounding process control, solid and liquid compound process development, compound and product specifications, test methods with an interpretation of test results, environmental and occupational safety, and melt processing.;Providing over 700 literature references, volume 3 is intended for polymer, plastics, physical, organic, surface, and colloid chemists; plastics, chemical, materials, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers and technical personnel; and graduate and postgraduate students in these disciplines.