Handbook of Material Weathering 3rd ed - George Wypych (ChemTec, 2003).pdf

A step-by-step guide to material durability with expert advice on recent trends in effective testing. The third edition incorporates many advances in knowledge that have taken place in the last five years. It is estimated that about 50% more information has been added in this revised edition. The book also benefits from the comments of past and potential readers regarding the kind of information required in their work.

This is the most thorough treatment of material behavior during exposure to environmental conditions that is available today.

With this amount of information, clearly organized and explained, this book is an important reference monograph for those involved in studying material durability, producing materials for outdoor use and actinic exposure, research chemists in the photochemistry field, chemists and material scientists designing new materials, users of manufactured products, those who control the quality of manufactured products, and students who want to apply their knowledge to real materials.

The information can be applied to such practical tasks as improved sample preparation methods or selection of conditions of weathering which increase the precision of studies. It can also be used to study material durability in depth since each subject is discussed from various angles of this multidisciplinary field