Rapid growth and development in plastics production and application created a demand for meaningfulmeasuring and analysis methods in polymer testing. Advances in electronic measuring techniques led tofurther developments in classic testing methods as well as to completely new methods, for which the firstedition of Polymer Testing was written.Considerable advances in the evaluation of structure-property correlations and standardization have takenplace since the first edition of Polymer Testing, so the book has been comprehensively revised. Thisupdated edition covers the latest developments in the field, including amendments to the most importantpolymer testing standards.Included in this edition is essential information about damage processes and deformation mechanismsthat can be discovered with the help of coupled non-destructive polymer testing methods and hybridmethods of polymer diagnostics, respectively. Numerous examples for the optimization of polymers andtheir composites and the assessment of component properties provide a material science focused insightinto modern polymer testing. Contents:Preparation of SpecimensDetermining Process-Related PropertiesMechanical Properties of PolymersFracture Toughness Measurements in Engineering PlasticsTesting of Physical PropertiesEvaluating Environmental Stress Cracking ResistanceNon-Destructive Polymer TestingHybrid Methods of Polymer DiagnosticsTesting of Composite MaterialsTechnological Testing MethodsTesting of Microcomponentsweiterlesen