Styrene Based Plastics and Their Modification - Ellis Horwood Series in Polymer Science & Technology.

This book presents a new approach to polystyrene plastics, emphasizing the growing emergence of modified grades. It covers all the most important and significant modified types. There are no known books on styrene plastics which cover modification aspects comprehensively, and this book will fill an important gap. The authors stress the importance of focusing on processes which improve selected properties. Commencing with a review of the background of two main types of polystyrene plastics, the book introduces readers to the prospects and general problems of polymer modification, covering the most important basic monomers and future developments in polystyrene plastics. Theoretical and technological aspects of styrene polymerization are summarized, with ensuing chapters providing a theoretical background followed by a description of the technological processes and a review of the properties of resulting polymers, as well as test procedures for evaluation. This study is aimed at those in industrial science, engineering, polymer technology, polymer synthesis and processing, polymer testing and its applications.