A comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the major mineral and organic fillers for plastics, their production, structure and properties, as well as their applications in terms of primary and secondary functions. Edited and co-authored by Professor Marino Xanthos with contributions by international experts from industry and academia, the book presents methods of mixing/incorporation technologies, surface treatments and modifications for enhanced functionality, an analysis of parameters affecting filler performance and a presentation of current and emerging applications. Additionally, the novel classification according to modification of specific polymer properties rather than filler chemical composition will provide a better understanding of the relationships between processing, structure and properties of products containing functional fillers and the identification of new markets and applications.
For engineers, scientists and technologists involved in the industrially important sector of polymer composites.
Table of Content
POLYMERS AND FILLERS
Polymers and Polymer Composites
Modification of Polymer Mechanical and Rheological Properties with Functional Fillers
Mixing of Fillers with Plastics
SURFACE MODIFIERS AND COUPLING AGENTS
Silane Coupling Agents
Titanate Coupling Agents
Functional Polymers and Other Modifiers
FILLERS AND THEIR FUNCTIONALITIES
MECHANICAL PROPERTY MODIFIERS – HIGH ASPECT RATIO
Glass Fibers
Mica Flakes
Nanoclays and Their Emerging Markets
Carbon Nanotubes/Nanofibers and Carbon Fibers
Natural Fibers
MECHANICAL PROPERTY MODIFIERS – LOW ASPECT RATIO
Talc
Kaolin
Wollastonite
Wood Flour
Calcium Carbonate
FIRE RETARDANTS
ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTY MODIFIERS
Conductive and Magnetic Fillers
SURFACE PROPERTY MODIFIERS
PROCESSING AIDS
SPECIALTY FILLERS
Glass and Ceramic Spheres
Bioactive Fillers
In-Situ Generated Fillers: Organic-Inorganic Hybrids
About the author
Marino Xanthos is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Polymer Engineering Center of the New Jersey Institute of Technology since 1995. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Toronto, where he took his Ph.D. degree in 1974. He then became Manager of R & D and Technical Services at Marietta Resources International Ltd. in 1975 and taught at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, from 1980 to 1995. Since 1988, he has also been Director of Research at the Polymer Processing Institute (PPI), Newark, NJ, an independent non-profit research organization located at NJIT.
His interests focus on polymer blends, composites, and foams, polymer modification and reactive processing, plastics recycling and life-cycle assessment, structure-property relationships, environmental considerations in polymer processing.
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