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<p>Foreword by <i>Barry Morris</i> xi</p> <p>Preface xiii</p> <p>List of Contributors xv</p> <p><b>Part 1: Principles and Properties of Polyethylene</b></p> <p>1 An Industrial Chronology of Polyethylene 3<br /><i>Christopher Dobbin</i></p> <p>2 Catalysts for the Manufacture of Polyethylene 25<br /><i>Yury V. Kissin</i></p> <p>3 Ethylene Polymerization Processes and Manufacture of Polyethylene 61<br /><i>Ian D. Burdett and Ronald S. Eisinger</i></p> <p>4 Types and Basics of Polyethylene 105<br /><i>Rajen M. Patel</i></p> <p>5 Molecular Structural Characterization of Polyethylene 139<br /><i>A. Willem deGroot, David Gillespie, Rongjuan Cong, Zhe Zhou and Rajesh Paradkar</i></p> <p>6 Thermal Analysis of Polyethylene 217<br /><i>Kevin Menard and Noah Menard</i></p> <p>7 Rheology of Polyethylene 239<br /><i>Gregory W. Kamykowski</i></p> <p>8 Processing-Structure-Property Relationships in Polyethylene 283<br /><i>Rajen M. Patel</i></p> <p>9 Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene: Deformation and Fracture Behavior 309<br /><i>Alexander Chudnovsky, and Kalyan Sehanobish</i></p> <p><b>Part 2: Processing and Fabrication of Polyethylene</b></p> <p>10 Single-Screw Extrusion of Polyethylene Resins 339<br /><i>Mark A. Spalding</i></p> <p>11 Twin-Screw Extrusion of Polyethylene 357<br /><i>Yoshitaka Kumura, Amit K. Chaudhary and Mark A. Spalding</i></p> <p>12 Blown Film Processing 381<br /><i>Thomas I. Butler</i></p> <p>13 Cast Film Extrusion of Polyethylene 411<br /><i>Hyunwoo Kim, Mark A. Spalding, Kurt A. Koppi, Wes Hobson and Joseph Dooley</i></p> <p>14 Extrusion Coating and Laminating 429<br /><i>Thomas Bezigian</i></p> <p>15 Injection Molding 443<br /><i>Jon Ratzlaff and Thomas Giovannetti</i></p> <p>16 Blow Molding of Polyethylene 475<br /><i>Mohammad Usman and Abdul Sami Siddiqui</i></p> <p>17 Rotational Molding 535<br /><i>Jon Ratzlaff and Glenn E. Larkin, Jr.</i></p> <p>18 Thermoforming Polyethylene 573<br /><i>Roger C. Kipp</i></p> <p>19 Polyethylene Pipe Extrusion 591<br /><i>Pam Maeger, V. Rohatgi, D. Hukill, N. Koganti and B. Martinez</i></p> <p>20 Polyethylene Foam Extrusion 603<br /><i>N. S. Ramesh</i></p> <p>21 Expanded Polyethylene Bead Foam Technology 637<br /><i>Steven R. Sopher</i></p> <p>22 Polyethylene Fiber Extrusion 669<br /><i>Johannes Fink</i></p> <p>23 Polyethylene Compounding Technologies 695<br /><i>Charles D. Park II and Steven Blazey</i></p> <p>24 Polyethylene Modification by Reactive Extrusion 715<br /><i>Adriana I. Moncada, Wenyi Huang and Nicholas Horstman</i></p> <p><b>Part 3: Additives for Polyethylene</b></p> <p>25 Degradation and Stabilization of Polyethylene 753<br /><i>Joseph J. Fay and Roswell E. King, III</i></p> <p>26 Light Stabilization of Polyethylene 771<br /><i>Feng Zuo and Tad Finnegan</i></p> <p>27 Acid Scavengers for Polyethylene 793<br /><i>Robert L. Sherman Jr. and Kimberly E. Kern</i></p> <p>28 Slip Agents 821<br /><i>John Gray and Thomas Breuer</i></p> <p>29 Antiblocking Additives 833<br /><i>Johannes Fink</i></p> <p>30 Antistatic Additives for Polyethylene 853<br /><i>Gina Butuc, Gea Spijkerman, Sue te Hofstee and Ted Kampen</i></p> <p>31 Antifogging Agents for Polyethylene Films 865<br /><i>Michele Potenza and Bjarne Nielsen</i></p> <p>32 Lubricants for Polyethylene 877<br /><i>Johannes Fink</i></p> <p>33 Fluorinated Polymer Processing Aids for Polyethylene 889<br /><i>David A. Seiler, Francois Beaume, Samuel Devisme and Jason A. Pomante</i></p> <p>34 Chemical Blowing Agents for Polyethylene 909<br /><i>Peter Schroeck, Randy Minton, Theresa Healy and Larry Keefe</i></p> <p>35 Flame Retardants for Polyethylene 921<br /><i>Rudolf Pfaendner</i></p> <p>36 Nucleating Agents for Polyethylene 935<br /><i>Darin L. Dotson</i></p> <p>37 Antimicrobial Agents for Polyethylene 967<br /><i>Ivan Ong</i></p> <p>38 Pigments and Colorants for Polyethylene 985<br /><i>Roger Reinicker</i></p> <p><b>Part 4: Applications of Polyethylene</b></p> <p>39 Fillers and Reinforcing Agents for Polyethylene 1035<br /><i>Janos Moczo and Bela Pukanszky</i></p> <p>40 Flexible Packaging Applications of Polyethylene 1071<br /><i>Jeff Wooster and Jill Martin</i></p> <p>41 Rigid Packaging Applications 1091<br /><i>Cliff R. Mure</i></p> <p>42 Pipe and Tubing Applications of Polyethylene 1109<br /><i>Bryan E. Hauger</i></p> <p>43 Wire and Cable Applications of Polyethylene 1125<br /><i>Scott H. Wasserman, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Mohamed Esseghir and Timothy J. Person</i></p> <p>44 Medical Applications of Polyethylene 1155<br /><i>Benjamin Poon and Len Czuba</i></p> <p>45 Automotive Applications for Polyethylene 1169<br /><i>Kalyan Sehanobish</i></p> <p>46 Textile, Hygiene, Health, and Geosynthetic Applications of Polyethylene 1179<br /><i>Sanjiv R. Malkan</i></p> <p>47 Applications of Polyethylene Elastomers and Plastomers 1197<br /><i>Kim L. Walton, Tim Clayfield, Jim Hemphill and Lisa Madenjian</i></p> <p><b>Part 5: The Business of Polyethylene</b></p> <p>48 Product Regulatory Considerations for Polyethylene 1221<br /><i>Tor H. Palmgren</i></p> <p>49 Sustainability and Recycling of Polyethylene 1245<br /><i>Thomas Nosker and Jennifer Lynch</i></p> <p>50 Bio-Polyethylene and Polyethylene-Biopolymer Blends 1253<br /><i>Johannes Fink</i></p> <p>51 The Business of Polyethylene 1297<br /><i>Jorge O. Buhler-Vidal</i></p> <p>Appendix A1: Polymer Abbreviation Definitions 1331</p> <p>Index 1333</p>

<p><b>Mark A. Spalding </b>is a Fellow in the Materials & Parts Processing Group at The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI. He joined Dow in 1985 after completing a BS from The University of Toledo and a MS and PhD from Purdue University, all in Chemical Engineering. He has performed fundamental research in single-screw extrusion, developed methods to measure resin physical properties that are important to polymer processing, developed numerous techniques to troubleshoot and increase the rates of extrusion lines, and has developed new mathematical models for extrusion simulation. He co-authored the book "Analyzing and Troubleshooting Single-Screw Extruders" with Gregory A. Campbell. Dr. Spalding is a Fellow and Honored Service Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).</p> <p><b>Ananda M. Chatterjee </b>started his career at Celanese Plastics (1978) and worked for Shell Development, Union Carbide, Dow Chemical, Kaneka Texas, and Ingenia Polymers. He had extensive and in-depth experience in polymer research and development, product commercialization, polymer film processing and products technology, polymer additives technology, additive blends technology and processing, customer technical service, intellectual property (patent) invention and licensing and technology transfer of UNIPOL polypropylene technology worldwide. He was a Fellow and Honored Service Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). Dr. Chatterjee held a PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and held over 25 U.S. patents. Dr. Chatterjee passed away in 2016 during the development of this book.

<p><b>This two-part handbook provides detailed and comprehensive coverage of the world's leading plastic material and will become the premier polyethylene text for the next decade.</b></p> <p>This handbook provides an exhaustive description of polyethylene. The 51 chapters are written by some of the most experienced and prominent authors in the field, providing a truly unique view of polyethylene. The book starts with a historical discussion on how low density polyethylene was discovered and how it provided unique opportunities in the early days. New catalysts are presented and show how they created an expansion in available products including linear low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, copolymers, and polyethylene produced from metallocene catalysts. With these different catalysts systems a wide range of structures are possible with an equally wide range of physical properties. Numerous types of additives are presented that include additives for the protection of the resin from the environment and processing, fillers, processing aids, anti-fogging agents, pigments, and flame retardants. Common processing methods including extrusion, blown film, cast film, injection molding, and thermoforming are presented along with some of the more specialized processing techniques such as rotational molding, fiber processing, pipe extrusion, reactive extrusion, wire and cable, and foaming processes. The business of polyethylene including markets, world capacity, and future prospects are detailed. This handbook provides the most current and complete technology assessments and business practices for polyethylene resins. <p>"No other book on the market today brings all these elements together into a single resource in such a useful way. Resin producers, additive suppliers, equipment manufacturers, fabricators, and end-users alike will find this book invaluable for understanding this polymer technology". <i>Barry Morris, Technical Fellow, DuPont</i> <p><b>Audience</b><BR>This handbook will be used extensively by engineers working in the polyethylene industry such as resin purchasers and suppliers, compounding houses, additive suppliers and equipment manufacturers for PE converters. On the academic side, chemical engineers, plastics technologists, industrial manufacturing engineers/researchers will find the handbook extremely useful.

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