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Low Environmental Impact Polymers

Low Environmental Impact Polymers

by Nick Tucker and Mark Johnson (eds)

2004 (360 pages)

ISBN:9781859573846

A thorough overview of the manufacture and uses of low environmental impact polymers, this book provides information for the experienced user of polymers wanting to use biodegradable materials and to designers, specifiers, end users and waste managers.

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Table of Contents

Low Environmental Impact Polymers
Bacterial Nomenclature
Preface
Chapter 1	-	Synthesis of Polymers from Sustainable Resource Origin Raw Materials
Chapter 2	-	Chemistry and Biology of Polymer Degradation
Chapter 3	-	Quantifying the Range of Properties in Natural Raw Material Origin Polymers and Fibres
Chapter 4	-	Natural Fibres as Fillers/Reinforcements in Thermoplastics
Chapter 5	-	Manufacturing Technologies for Biopolymers
Chapter 6	-	The Economics and Market Potential for Low Environmental Impact Polymers
Chapter 7	-	Ecodesign
Chapter 8	-	Casein Adhesives
Chapter 9	-	PHA-Based Polymers—Materials for the 21st Century
Chapter 10	-	Renewable Resource-Based Polymers
Chapter 11	-	Polyhydroxyalkanoates—The Next Generation of Bioplastics
Chapter 12	-	Thermoset Phenolic Biopolymers
Chapter 13	-	Commercially Available Low Environmental Impact Polymers
Abbreviations