PLASTICS DESIGN LIBRARY (PDL)
PDL HANDBOOK SERIES
Series Editor: Sina Ebnesajjad, PhD
President, FluoroConsultants Group, LLC
Chadds Ford, PA, USA
www.FluoroConsultants.com
The PDL Handbook Series is aimed at a wide range of engineers and other professionals working in the plastics industry, and
related sectors using plastics and adhesives. The PDL is a series of data books, reference works and practical guides covering plastics
engineering, applications, processing, and manufacturing, and applied aspects of polymer science, elastomers and adhesives.
Recent titles in the series
Biron, Thermoplastics and
Thermoplastic Composites,
Second Edition
ISBN: 9781455778980
Drobny, Ionizing Radiation
and Polymers
ISBN: 9781455778812
Ebnesajjad, Polyvinyl Fluoride
ISBN: 9781455778850
Ebnesajjad, Plastic Films
in Food Packaging
ISBN: 9781455731121
Ebnesajjad, Handbook of Adhesives
and Surface Preparation
ISBN: 9781437744613
Ebnesajjad, Handbook of Biopolymers
and Biodegradable Plastics
ISBN: 9781455774425
Fink, Reactive Polymers,
Second Edition
ISBN: 9781455731497
Fischer, Handbook of Molded Part
Shrinkage and Warpage,
Second Edition
ISBN: 9781455725977
Giles Jr., Wagner, Jr., Mount III,
Extrusion,
Second Edition
ISBN: 9781437734812
Goodman & Dodiuk, Handbook of
Thermoset Plastics,
Third Edition
ISBN: 9781455731077
Kutz, Applied Plastics Engineering
Handbook
ISBN: 9781437735147
Kutz, PEEK Biomaterials Handbook
ISBN: 9781437744637
McKeen, The Effect of Long Term
Thermal Exposure on Plastics
and Elastomers
ISBN: 9780323221085
McKeen, The Effect of Sterilization on
Plastics and Elastomers,
Third Edition
ISBN: 9781455725984
McKeen, The Effect of UV Light and
Weather on Plastics and Elastomers
ISBN: 9781455728510
McKeen, Film Properties of Plastics
and Elastomers,
Third Edition
ISBN: 9781455725519
McKeen, Permeability Properties of
Plastics and Elastomers,
Third Edition
ISBN: 9781437734690
McKeen, The Effect of Creep and other
Time Related Factors on Plastics and
Elastomers,
Second Edition
ISBN: 9780815515852
Modjarrad and Ebnesajjad, Handbook
of Polymer Applications in Medicine
and Medical Devices
ISBN: 9780323228053
Niaounakis, Biopolymers Reuse,
Recycling, and Disposal
ISBN: 9781455731459
Sastri, Plastics with Medical Devices,
Second Edition
ISBN: 9781455732012
Sin, Rahmat and Rahman,
Polylactic Acid
ISBN: 9781437744590
Wagner, Multilayer Flexible Packaging
ISBN: 9780815520214
Woishnis & Ebnesajjad, Chemical
Resistance, Volumes 1 & 2, Chemical
Resistance of Thermoplastics
ISBN: 9781455778966
Woishnis & Ebnesajjad, Chemical
Resistance, Volume 3, Chemical
Resistance of Specialty Thermoplastics
ISBN: 9781455731107
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Sina Ebnesajjad, Series Editor
sina@FluoroConsultants.com
or
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