Edited by Marino Xanthos
Functional Fillers for Plastics is a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the major mineral and organic fillers for plastics, their production, structure and properties, as well as their applications in terms of primary and secondary functions.
Functional Fillers for Plastics presents methods of mixing/incorporation technologies, surface treatments and modifications for enhanced functionality, parameters affecting their performance plus current and emerging applications.
Contents
- Polymers and Fillers
- Polymers and Polymer Composites
- Modif ication of Polymer Mechanical and Rheological Properties with Functional Fillers
- Mixing of Fillers with Plastics
- Surface Modif iers and Coupling Agents
- Silane Coupling Agents
- Titanate Coupling Agents
- Functional Polymers and Other Modif iers
- Fillers and their Functions
- Glass Fibers
- Mica Flakes
- Nanoclays and Their Emerging Markets
- Carbon Nanotubes/Nanofibers and Carbon Fibers
- Natural Fibers
- Talc
- Kaolin
- Wollastonite
- Wood Flour
- Calcium Carbonate
- Fire Retardants
- Conductive and Magnetic Fillers
- Surface Property Modif iers
- Processing Aids
- Glass and Ceramic Spheres
- Bioactive Fillers
- In Situ Generated Fillers: Organic–Inorganic Hybrids
Index
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