Tag: Weathering

Weathering of Polymers and Plastic Materials


Free Download Weathering of Polymers and Plastic Materials by Luís Eduardo Pimentel Real
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 152 Pages | ISBN : 3031332849 | 11.4 MB
This book presents the state of the art on the weathering of polymers and plastic materials in outdoor applications, comprising natural weathering, accelerated climatic weathering, laboratory artificial accelerated weathering, and lifetime prediction methodology. It summarizes the most suitable methods of instrumental analysis to access and quantify (when possible) degradation caused by weathering, while also covering the degradation and stabilization of polymers based on environmental and artificially induced factors. Innovative polymer additives and some developments in polymeric materials designed for outdoor applications are also included, emphasizing a few selected cases. the book intends to be an important reference source for those involved in the study of the durability of polymers and plastics, production of plastics for exterior applications, chemists responsible for quality control of plastic products, and researchers and students across plastics engineering, polymer science, polymer chemistry and environmental science.

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Weathering The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society


Free Download Dr. Arline T Geronimus, "Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society"
English | ISBN: 0316257974 | 2023 | EPUB | 368 pages | 2 MB
Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent, "monumental" book (Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning) exploring the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people.

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Weathering The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0B8LRNN3R | 2023 | 13 hours and 3 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 362 MB
Author: Dr. Arline T. Geronimus
Narrator: Alma Cuervo

Fusing science and social justice, renowned public health researcher Dr. Arline T. Geronimus offers an urgent and necessary book exploring the ways in which systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people. America has woken up to what many of its citizens have known for centuries and to what public health statistics have evidenced for decades: systemic injustice takes a physical, too often deadly, toll on Black, brown, working class and poor communities, and any group who experiences systemic cultural oppression or economic exploitation. Marginalized Americans are disproportionately more likely to suffer from chronic diseases and to die at much younger ages than their middle- and upper-class white counterparts. Black mothers die during childbirth at a rate three times higher than white mothers.

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