Medical plastics : degradation resistance & failure analysis

• Corporate Authors: Society of Plastics Engineers., Plastics Design Library.
• Other Authors: Portnoy, Robert C.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: [Brookfield, Conn.] : Norwich, N.Y. : Society of Plastics Engineers ; Plastics Design Library, ©1998.
• Subjects: Plastics in medicine > Testing.; Plastics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 1591241235; 9781591241232; 9781884207600; 188420760X; 9780080950433; 0080950434; 9780815518242; 0815518242
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (iv, 214 pages) : illustrations

The introductory chapter gives an overview of the medical applications of plastics and the specific performance requirements they need to meet. The following chapters discuss various degrading environments and their effects, including environmental stress cracking, effect of body liquids, effect of...