Modern plastics handbook / Modern plastics and Charles A. Harper, editor in chief.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

State-of-the-art guide to plastic product design, manufacture and application. Edited by Charles A. Harper and sponsored by Modern Plastics, the industry's most prestigious trade magazine, Modern Plastics Handbook packs a wealth of up-to-date knowledge about plastics processes, forms and formulations, design, equipment, testing and recycling. This A-to-Z guide keeps you on top of:*Properties and performance of thermoplastics, polymer blends ... thermosets, reinforced plastics and composites ... natural and synthetic elastomers*Processes from extrusion, injection and blow molding to thermoforming, foam processing, hand lay-up and filament winding, and many, many more*Fabricating ... post-production finishing and bonding ... coatings and finishes, subjects difficult to find treated elsewhere in print