Engineering Biopolymers
General conditions, market situation, production, structure and properties
Hans-Josef Endres, Andrea Siebert-Raths
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Abstract
The new book offers a broad basis of information from a plastics processing point of view. This includes comprehensive descriptions of the biopolymer market, the different materials and suppliers as well as production-, processing-, usage- and disposal properties for all commercially available biopolymers. The unique book represents an important and comprehensive source of information and a knowledge base for researchers, developers, technicians, engineers, marketing, management and other decision-makers. It is a must-have in all areas of applications for raw material suppliers, manufacturers of plastics and additives, converters and film producers, for machine manufacturers, packaging suppliers, the automotive industry, the fiber/nonwoven/ textile industry as well as universities.
Content
- Definition of biopolymers
- Materials classes
- Production routes and polymerization
- processes of biopolymers
- Structure
- Comprehensive technical properties
- Comparison of property profiles of biopolymers with those of conventional plastics
- Disposal options
- Data about sustainability and eco-balance
- Important legal framwork
- Testing standards
- Market players
- Trade names
- Suppliers
- Prices
- Current availabilities and future prospects
- Current application examples
- Future market development