Expanded PTFE Applications Handbook: Technology, Manufacturing and Applications

by Sina Ebnesajjad

Overview

Expanded PTFE Applications Handbook: Technology, Manufacturing and Applications is a comprehensive guide to ePTFE, explaining manufacturing technologies, properties, and applications. Technologies that were previously shrouded in secrecy are revealed in detail, as are the origins and history of ePFTE.

The book is an essential handbook for scientists and engineers working in PTFE processing industries, and for manufacturers working with fluoropolymers. It is also of use to purchasing managers and academics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781437778557
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/30/2016
Series:	Plastics Design Library
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sina Ebnesajjad is the series editor of Plastics Design Library (PDL) published in the William Andrew imprint of Elsevier. This Series is a unique series, comprising technology and applications handbooks, data books and practical guides tailored to the needs of practitioners. Sina was the editor-in-chief of William Andrew Publishing from 2005 to 2007, which was acquired by Elsevier in 2009.

He retired as a Senior Technology Associate in 2005 from the DuPont fluoropolymers after nearly 24 years of service. Sina founded of FluoroConsultants Group, LLC in 2006 where he continues to work. Sina earned his Bachelor of Science from the School of Engineering of the University of Tehran in 1976, Master of Science and PhD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, all in Chemical Engineering.

He is author, editor and co-author of fifteen technical and data books including five handbooks on fluoropolymers technology and applications. He is author and co-author of three books in surface preparation and adhesion of materials, two of which are in their second editions. Sina has been involved with technical writing and publishing since 1974.

His experiences include fluoropolymer technologies (polytetrafluoroethylene and its copolymers) including polymerization, finishing, fabrication, product development, failure analysis, market development and technical service. Sina holds six patents.

Table of Contents

1. History of fluoropolymers, PTFE and expanded PTFE 2. Polytetrafluoroethylene: properties and structure3. Manufacturing PTFE by emulsion polymerization4. Paste Extrusion of Polytetrafluoroethylene5. Expansion of polytetrafluoroethylene6. Manufacturing and Fabrication of Various shapes of ePTFE7. Properties, Characteristics and Applications of Expanded PTFE Products8. Applications of ePTFE in Apparels9. Applications of Expanded PTFE in Medical and Surgical Devices10. Filtration and Vent Applications of ePTFE11. Industrial Applications12. Semiconductor, Electronic and Electrical Applications of ePTFE Membranes13. Surface Treatment and Modification14. ePTFE Membrane Manufacturers

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A comprehensive, essential handbook on ePTFE that explains its manufacturing technologies, properties, and applications