Plastics Handbook

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Drummer is Head of the Institute of Plastics Technology (LKT) at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, a position he has held since 2009.Tim A. Osswald, Ph.D., is Kuo K. and Cindy F. Wang Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering and Honorary Professor of Plastics Technology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the National University of Colombia. He is the author of many books and book chapters, as well as over 100 papers in the field of plastics technology.Dr.-Ing. Natalie Rudolph is Division Manager Polymer, NETZSCH Analysing & Testing. She was previously Director of R&D in Composites at AREVO, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, and Team Leader at the Fraunhofer Institute ICT, Germany.

• Common Acronyms in Plastics Technology Introduction (Economic Significance, Classification, Composition, Effects of Processing on Properties, Modifications of Plastic Materials) Material Properties and Testing Methods Plastic Processing Technologies Plastic Materials Additives, Fillers, and Fibers Material Properties Overview