There are few if any adequate guides to the properties, processing, and applications of thermoplastic elastomers, in spite the skyrocketing rise in the use of these materials. Until now. This new book sets the standard for a reference on these materials by compiling in one comprehensive volume an applicable knowledge of the chemistry, processing, and all properties, and uses of thermoplastic elastomers. Copiously illustrated and full of applicable processing and engineering data, this is the very definition of a ""definitive"" user's guide.

IntroductionBrief History of Thermoplastic Elastomers AdditivesProcessing Methods Applicable to Thermoplastic ElastomersStyrenic Block CopolymersThermoplastic Elastomers Prepared by Dynamic VulcanizationPolyolefin-Based Thermoplastic ElastomersThermoplastic Elastomers Based on Halogen-Containing PolyolefinsThermoplastic Polyurethane ElastomersThermoplastic Elastomers Based on PolyamidesThermoplastic Polyether Ester ElastomersIonomeric Thermoplastic ElastomersOther Thermoplastic ElastomersThermoplastic Elastomers Based on Recycled Rubber and PlasticsApplications of Thermoplastic ElastomersRecycling of Thermoplastic ElastomersRecent Developments and TrendsAppendix 1: Books, Conferences, Major Review ArticlesAppendix 2: Major Suppliers of Thermoplastic Elastomers and CompoundsAppendix 3: ISO Nomenclature for Thermoplastic ElastomersAppendix 4: Processing Data Sheets for Commercial Thermoplastic Elastomers and CompoundsAppendix 5: Technical Data Sheets for Commercial Thermoplastic Elastomers and CompoundsAppendix 6: Recent TPE PatentsGlossaryIndex