Plastics and environmental sustainability / Anthony L. Andrady, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering North Carolina State University.

Survey's the issues typically raised in discussions ofsustainability and plastics Discusses current issues not covered in detail previously suchas ocean litter, migration of additives into food products and therecovery of plasticsCovers post-consumer fate of plastics on land and in theoceans, h...

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Main Author: Andrady, A. L. (Anthony L.)
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Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2015]
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505 0 |a Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Plastic Materials; Chapter 1 The Anthropocene; 1.1 Energy Futures; 1.1.1 Fossil Fuel Energy; 1.1.1.1 Oil; 1.1.1.2 Coal; 1.1.1.3 Gas; 1.1.1.4 Nuclear Energy; 1.1.2 Renewable Energy; 1.1.2.1 Wind Energy; 1.1.2.2 Solar Energy; 1.1.2.3 Solar Biomass Energy; 1.2 Materials Demand in the Future; 1.2.1 Materials of Construction; 1.2.2 Metal Resources; 1.2.3 Critical Materials; 1.2.4 Plastic Materials; 1.3 Environmental Pollution; 1.3.1 Classifying Pollution Impacts; 1.3.2 Climate Change and Global Warming; References. 
505 8 |a Chapter 2 A Sustainability Primer2.1 The Precautionary Principle; 2.1.1 Objectives in Sustainability; 2.2 Microeconomics of Sustainability: The Business Enterprise; 2.3 Models on Implementing Sustainability; 2.4 Life Cycle Analysis; 2.5 The Emerging Paradigm and the Plastics Industry; 2.5.1 Examples from Plastics Industry; 2.5.1.1 Using the Minimum Energy Needed to Manufacture Products; 2.5.1.2 Using the Energy Mix with a Minimal Environmental Footprint; 2.5.1.3 Recovering Waste Process Energy for Reuse; 2.5.1.4 Using Only as Much Material as Is Needed to Ensure Functionality. 
505 8 |a 2.5.1.5 Using More of Renewable and Recycled Raw Materials2.5.1.6 Reusing and Recycling Postuse Products; 2.5.1.7 Minimizing Externalities at Source: Green Chemistry; 2.5.1.8 Avoiding Toxic Components and Potential Hazards Associated with Products and Processes; 2.5.1.9 Converting the Pollutants into Resources; References; Chapter 3 An Introduction to Plastics; 3.1 Polymer Molecules; 3.1.1 Size of Polymer Molecules; 3.2 Consequences of Long-Chain Molecular Architecture; 3.2.1 Molecular Weight of Chain Molecules; 3.2.2 Tacticity; 3.2.3 Partially Crystalline Plastics. 
505 8 |a 3.2.4 Chain Branching and Cross-Linking3.2.5 Glass Transition Temperature; 3.3 Synthesis of Polymers; 3.3.1 Addition or Chain Growth Reaction; 3.3.2 Condensation or Step Growth Reaction; 3.3.3 Copolymers; 3.4 Testing of Polymers; 3.4.1 Tensile Properties; 3.4.2 Thermal Properties: DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry); 3.4.3 Thermal Properties: TGA; 3.5 Common Plastics; 3.5.1 Polyethylenes; 3.5.2 Polypropylenes; 3.5.3 Polystyrene; 3.5.4 Poly(vinyl chloride); References; Chapter 4 Plastic Products; 4.1 Plastics: The Miracle Material; 4.2 Plastic Production, Use, and Disposal. 
505 8 |a 4.2.1 From Resin to Products4.2.1.1 Resin Manufacture; 4.2.1.2 Compounding; 4.2.1.3 Processing into Product; 4.3 Processing Methods for Common Thermoplastics; 4.3.1 Injection Molding; 4.3.2 Extrusion; 4.3.3 Blow Molding; 4.4 The Environmental Footprint of Plastics; 4.4.1 Energy Considerations in Resin Manufacture; 4.4.2 Atmospheric Emissions from Plastics Industry; 4.5 Plastics Additives; 4.5.1 Fillers for Plastics; 4.5.2 Plasticizers in PVC; 4.6 Biopolymer or Bio-Derived Plastics; 4.6.1 Bio-Based Plastics and Sustainability; 4.6.2 Emerging Bio-Based Plastics; 4.6.2.1 Bio-PE; 4.6.2.2 Bio-PET. 
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