Conservation of plastics : materials science, degradation and preservation /
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| Natura: | Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston ; London :
Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,
2008.
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| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
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Sommario:
- Plastics in collections
- Historical development of plastics
- Technology of plastics production
- Properties of plastics
- Identification of plastics in collections
- Degradation of plastics
- Conservation of plastics
- The future of plastics conservation
- Appendix 1: Optical, physical, thermal and chemical properties of the most frequently collected plastics
- Appendix 2: Fourier transform infrared spectra of polymers frequently found in collections
- Appendix 3: Terms used to describe the degradation of plastics.