Table of Contents -- Preface -- Photophysics -- Photochemistry -- Parameters of Exposure -- Measurements in Assessment of Weathering Conditions -- Climatic Conditions -- Methods of Outdoor Exposure -- Laboratory Degradation Studies -- Weathering Cycles -- Sample Preparation -- Weathering Data Interpretation. Lifetime Prediction -- Artificial Weathering Versus Natural Exposure -- Effect of Weathering on Material Properties -- Testing Methods of Weathered Specimen -- Data on Specific Polymers -- Effect of Additives on Weathering
Weathering of Compounded ProductsStabilization and Stabilizers -- Biodegradation -- Recycling -- Environmental Stress Cracking -- Interrelation Between Corrosion and Weathering -- Weathering of Stones -- Index
Notes
First edition published in 1990 as: Weathering handbook / Jerzy Wypych