Author: M. Okamoto
Publisher: Smithers Rapra Press
Keywords: review, reports, rapra, nanocomposites, layered, silicate, polymer
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $153.00
ISBN-10: 1859573916
ISBN-13: 9781859573914

The review sets out to highlight the major developments in this field over the last decade. The different techniques used to prepare PLS nanocomposites are covered. The physicochemical characterisation of PLS nanocomposites and the improved materials properties that those materials can display are discussed. Processing techniques are critical in polymer manufacturing and this holds true for nanocomposites. Several processing methods and innovative techniques are discussed. The probable applications of PLS nanocomposites are also covered in detail. An additional indexed section containing

Authors:B. Mysen, P. Richet,
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: structure, developments, geochemistry, properties, volume, glasses, melts, silicate
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2005-08-22
List price: $187.00
ISBN-10: 0444520112
ISBN-13: 9780444520111

This book describes the structure-property-composition relationships for silicate glasses and melts of industrial and geological interest. From Antiquity to the 20th century, an introductory chapter presents this subject in a historical perspective. Basic concepts are then discussed in three chapters where attention is paid to the glass transition and its various consequences on melt and glass properties, to the structural and physical differences between amorphous and crystalline silicates, and to the mutual relationships between local order, energetics and physical properties. With pure SiO2