Solid-State Shear Pulverization (Hardcover)

All chapters end with a list of References. Preface1. Overview of Polymer Powders2. Conventional Methods of Powder Productiono Size Reduction o Process Selection for Size Reduction o Micromechanics of Pulverization o Foundation for Scaling Laws o Other Considerations 3. Principles of Solid-State Shear Pulverization (S3P)o Introduction o Review of Strain-Assisted Grinding of Polymers o Summary4. Equipment for the S3P Process for Plastics and Rubbero Machine Functions of the Twin-Screw Extruder o Modular Design of Barrel Sections o Modular Design of Screw Elements with Conveying, Melting, and Pulverization Functions o Conveying Elements o Kneading Blocks o Heat Transfer Calculations for Barrel and Screws o Screw Cooling o Process Examples o Commingled Plastics from Recycling Sources o Pulverization of Cured Rubber o Scale-up Considerations for the S3P Process o Summary 5. S3P Technology and Virgin Polymerso Applications for Plastic Powders o Characterizing Powders o Summary6. S3P Technology and Polymer Blendso Compatibilization of Polymer Blends o The Strategy of Self-Compatibilization o The Mechanisms That Underlie the Operation of S3P 7. Value-Added Products Made from Recycled Plasticso State of Plastics Recycling o S3P and Plastics Recycling o Physical Properties of Commingled Plastics o Characterizing Powders o Summary8. Applying S3P Technology to the Recovery of Used-Tire Rubbero State of Rubber Recycling o Characterizing Powders o Physical Properties of Tire Rubber Powder/Plastic Composites o Emerging Technologies in Tire-Rubber Recycling Epilogue: Toward the FutureIndex