With major sections for each additive function, this book provides a highly practical guide for the end-user deploying polyolefins in an industrial setting in a wide range of applications such as automobile parts, packaging, pipes, textiles and toys. Although readers will need a basic understanding of what polyolefin polymers are and how they're typically used, they will not need to be organic chemists.

READERSHIP

Molders and extruders (business managers) who want to know how additives can be used to cut costs or expand markets. Compounders who need a quick-reference guide that covers additive types outside of their range of expertise. Material-selection engineers and designers who need a sense of what properties are offered among a sometimes confusing collection of additives, filler, and reinforcements. Sales personnel who need to know the basics behind the materials/products they sell. Laboratory characterization technologists who need to understand the components of the plastics they analyze. Compounding or other technicians who want to advance their careers by gaining a better understanding of what materials they're handling. Researchers and students that need an overview of polyolefin additives that stays within the context of the end-use of these plastics. Purchasing agents who need to understand key terms behind the materials they purchase.