Green composites : polymer composites and the environment /

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Imprint:Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press ; Cambridge, England : Woodhead Pub., c2004.
Description:xii, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5620191
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Other authors / contributors:Baillie, Caroline.
ISBN:1855737396
0849325765 (CRC)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why green composites? / C. Baillie
  • 2. Designing for composites : traditional and future views / C. Rose
  • 3. Life cycle assessment / R. Murphy
  • 4. Natural fibre sources / T. Nishino
  • 5. Alternative fibre sources : paper and wood fibres as reinforcement / P. Peltola
  • 6. Alternative solutions : recyclable synthetic fibre-thermoplastic composites / R. A. Shanks
  • 7. Natural polymer sources / D. Plackett and A. Vazquez
  • 8. Optimising the properties of green composites / S. H. Aziz and M. P. Ansell
  • 9. Green fibre thermoplastic composites / M. Sain and S. Panthapulakkal
  • 10. Clean production / N. Tucker
  • 11. Applications / M. Hughes
  • 12. Re-use, recycling and degradation of composites / A. Hodzic
  • 13. Reprocessing / J. C. Arnold.