Imaging and Image Analysis Applications for Plastics
edited by
Behnam Pourdeyhimi

The broad collection of techniques gathered in this book help illustrate material/process/property relationships for a wide selection of materials and processes in the plastics industry.

Processes included within this book are: extrusion, injection molding, foam production, film manufacture, compression molding, blow molding, vulcanization, melt spinning, reactive blending, welding, conveying, composite manufacture, compounding, and thermosetting.

Imaging techniques are also employed to characterize/quantify a number of important material properties. These include: fiber orientation distribution, homogeneity of mixing, the rate of spherulites growth, polymer crystallization rate, melt flow index, pore size and shape in foam, cell density in foam, void content, particle analysis in polymer blends, morphology, interparticle distance, fiber diameter, fatigue crack, crazing, scratching, surface roughness, fiber-length distribution, nucleation, oil penetration, peel adhesion, chemical resistance, droplet-fiber transition, electrical conductivity, dispersion and impurity content.

Polymer scientists and the plastics industry as a whole will benefit greatly from using this book as a tool to evaluate parameters using imaging.

Contents

1. The Optimized Performance of Linear Vibration Welded Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 Butt Joints
2. Image Analysis of Polypropylene Melt Fiber Stretching
3. The Effect of Fiber Orientation on Distribution on the Tooth Stiffness of a Polymer Composite Gear
4. Novel Processing and Performance of Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Polymer Composites
5. Characterization of Kneading Block Performance on Co-Rotating Twin Screw Extruders
6. A Quantitative Description of the Effects of Molecular Weight and Atactic Level on the Spherulite Growth Rate of Ziegler-Natta Isotactic Polypropylene
7. Miscibility and Co-Continuous Morphology of Polypropylene-Polyethylene Blends
8. Flow Visualization for Extensional Viscosity Assessment
9. PP/LLDPE/EDPM Blends: Effect of Elastomer Viscosity on Impact
10. Mixing of a Low Molecular Weight Additive in a Co-Rotating TSE: Morphological Analysis of a HDPE/PDMS Systems
11. The in situ Compatibilization of HDPE/PET Blends
12. Evaluation of Process Aids for Controlling Surface Roughness of Extruded LLDPE
13. Evaluation of Scratch and Mar Resistance in Automotive Coatings: Nanoscratching by Atomic Force Microscope
14. Study of the Morphology and Tensile Mechanical Properties of Biaxially Oriented PET/PP Blends
15. Improved Barrier and Mechanical Properties of Laminar Polymer Blends
16. Relative Magnetic Permeability of Injection Molded Composites as Affected by the Flow Induced Orientation of Ferromagnetic Particles
17. Processing-Structure-Property Relations in PS/PE Blends: Compression versus Injection Molding
18. Polyetherimide Epoxy-Based Prepreg Systems with Variable Temperature Cure Capability
19. CO 2 Blown PETG Foams
20. Tear Strength Enhancement Mechanisms in TPO Films
21. Morphological Study of Fatigue Induced Damage in Semicrystalline Polymers
22. The Effect of Several Kinds of Oils on the Oil Resistance Behavior of Polystyrenic Thermoplastic Vulcanizate
23. Visualization of Polymer Melt Convergent Flows in Extrusion
24. Evaluation of the Constrained Blister Test for Measurement of an Intrinsic Adhesion
25. Fractal Analysis and Radiographic Inspection of Microwave Welded HDPE Bars
26. Application of Thermography for the Optimization of the Blow Molding Process
27. The Use of Video and the Development of Solids Conveying Theory
28. Microcellular PET Foams Produced by the Solid State Process
29. Thermal Wave Imaging of Propagating Cracks in Polypropylene and a Thermoplastic Olefin
30. The Division of Agglomerates in Molten Environment of Polymers: A Physical Model for Mathematical Description
31. A New On-Line Technique for Morphology Analysis and Residence Time Measurement in a Twin-Screw Extruder
32. Controlled Order Thermosets for Electronic Packaging
33. Fatigue Fracture in Polypropylene with Different Spherulitic Sizes
34. Brittle-Ductile Transition of PP/Rubber/Filler Hybrids

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