Handbook of Material Weathering

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George Wypych has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. His professional expertise includes both university teaching (full professor) and research and development. He has published 18 books, 47 scientific papers, and he has obtained 16 patents. He specializes in polymer additives, polymer processing and formulation, material durability and the development of sealants and coatings.

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Handbook of Material Weathering, Seventh Edition is an essential guide to the effects of weathering on polymers and industrial products, presenting theory, stress factors, methods of weathering and testing and the effects of additives and environmental stress cracking. The book provides graphical illustrations and numerical data to examine the weathering of major polymers and industrial products, including mechanisms of degradation, effect of thermal processes, and characteristic changes in properties. The book also discusses recycling, corrosion and weathering, and the weathering of stone. This book is an important reference source for those involved in studying material durability, producing materials for outdoor use and actinic exposure, research chemists in the photochemistry field, chemists and material scientists designing new materials, users of manufactured products, those who control the quality of manufactured products and students who want to apply their knowledge to real materials.

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1. Photophysics and Material Weathering
   
   2. Photochemistry and Material Weathering
   3. Parameters of Exposure in Material Weathering
   4. Measurements in Assessment of Material Weathering Conditions
   5. Climatic Conditions in Weathering of Material
   6. Methods of Outdoor Exposure in Material Weathering
   7. Laboratory Degradation Studies in Material Weathering
   8. Weathering Cycles in Material Weathering
   9. Sample Preparation for Material Weathering
   10. Material Weathering Data Interpretation: Lifetime Prediction
   11. Artificial Weathering of Materials versus Natural Exposure
   12. Effects of Weathering on Material Properties
   13. Testing Methods of Weathered Specimens
   14. Data on Specific Polymers
   15. Effects of Additive on Weathering of Materials
   16. Weathering of Compounded Products
   17. Stabilization and Stabilizers for Weathering of Materials
   18. Biodegradation in Weathered Materials
   19. Recycling of Weathered Materials
   20. Environmental Stress Cracking in Weathered Materials
   21. Interrelation Between Corrosion and Weathering of Materials
   22. Weathering of Stones