Effect of Processing Techniques and Characteristics of Plastic Products

Shahinur, Sweety, Hasan, Mahbub and Haider, Julfikar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7010-8285 (2021) Effect of Processing Techniques and Characteristics of Plastic Products. In: Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128035818

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Abstract

Plastics and polymeric materials have a wide range of applications in the macro, micro, as well as nanoworld. The criteria, quality, durability, cost, performance, and environmental effect of these plastics and polymeric components (part of a product) or a product depend on the raw material and their processing technique (development, recycle etc.). Plastics and polymer materials itself have long term effect on the environment as their processing techniques emit gas or absorb energy. Therefore, important considerations should be made on the processing techniques of the plastics and polymer materials. This chapter addressed the effect of different processing techniques on the characteristics, namely, mechanical and environmental, of plastics and polymeric products or components. Furthermore, this chapter deals with the impact of processing techniques on the performance and environment followed by a mathematical illustration of plastics and polymeric products.