"Environmentally Benign" Polymer Processing

Author: Timothy Gutowski

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Table of Contents

1. "Environmentally Benign" Polymer Processing
2. Polymer Product Activities and Ecological Material Flows
3. Polymer Processing
4. Polymer Processes
5. Polymer Processing Schematic
6. Polymer Product Activities and Ecological Material Flows
7. Polymer Processing at 10,000m
8. New Materials for Benign Processing
9. End-of-Life Treatment
10. Design for End of Life (Polymer Systems)
11. Balance "Use Phase" benefits with "End of Life" Dilemma Ref. Life Cycle Inventory of a Generic U.S. Family Sedan Overview of Results USCAR AMP Project, by John Sullivan, Ronald Williams, Susan Yester et al SAE TLC Conference 1998
12. Complex materials provide performance advantages
13. Critical Needs of Benign Polymer Processing
14. Motivations for Polymer Processing Improvements
15. Recycling of Polyester
16. Automobiles at End of Life
17. Processing Implications
18. Energy Consumption
19. Energy Consumption
20. Process Level Improvements
21. Material Use Trends Ref. "Material Selection in Mechanical Design" M.F. Ashby, Pergamon Press 1992

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