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The Effect of Sterilization on Plastics and Elastomers. Edition No. 4. Plastics Design Library

  • Book

  • February 2018
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 4398680

The Effect of Sterilization Methods on Plastics and Elastomers, Fourth Edition brings together a wide range of essential data on the sterilization of plastics and elastomers, thus enabling engineers to make optimal material choices and design decisions. The data tables in this book enable engineers and scientists to select the right materials and sterilization method for a given product or application. The book is a unique and essential reference for anybody working with plastic materials that are likely to be exposed to sterilization methods, be it in medical device or packaging development, food packaging or other applications.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Food Irradiation and Medical Sterilization 2. Introduction to Plastics and Polymers 3. Introduction to the Physical, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties of Plastics and Elastomers 4. Styrene based Plastics 5. Polyesters 6. Polyimides 7. Polyamides (Nylons) 8. Polyolefins 9. Polyvinyls and Acrylics 10. Elastomers 11. Fluoropolymers 12. High Temperature/High Performance Polymers 13. Renewable Resource and Biodegradable polymers

Authors

Laurence W. McKeen Senior Research Associate, DuPont, Wilmington, DE, USA. Larry McKeen has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and worked for DuPont Fluoroproducts from 1978-2014. As a Senior Research Associate (Chemist), he was responsible for new product development including application technology and product optimization for particular end-uses, and product testing. He retired from DuPont at the end of 2014 and is currently a consultant.