The staggering growth rates in plastics production and applications increase the demand for meaningful measuring and analysis methods in polymer testing. The advances in electronic measuring techniques led to further developments in classic testing methods as well as to completely new methods. This book describes the significance of characteristic data for the quantification of the interrelationship between microstructure and macroscopic properties.
Additional information about damage processes and deformation mechanisms can be gained with the help of coupled non-destructive polymer testing methods and hybrid methods of polymer diagnostics, respectively. Numerous examples for the optimization of polymers and their composites and the assessment of component properties provide a material science focused insight into modern polymer testing."Die gelungene Übersetzung, die klare Strukturierung und das hervorragende Layout werden dem Buch einen internationalen Nutzkreis sichern. Es handelt sich um ein rundum empfehlenswertes und aktuelles Buch, dessen 550 Seiten den Preis von knapp einhundert Euro durchaus rechtfertigen." Prof. Dr. Gert Heinrich, Kunststoffe, Januar 2008