TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shashoua,Yvonne
TI  - Conservation of plastics: materials science, degradation and preservation 
SN  - 0750664959
AV  - TA455.P5 S464 2008
U1  - 069.53 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Amsterdam, Boston, London
PB  - Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
KW  - Plastics
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Museum conservation methods
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Plastics in collections -- Historical development of plastics -- Technology of plastics production -- Properties of plastics -- Identification of plastics in collections -- Degradation of plastics -- Conservation of plastics -- The future of plastics conservation -- Appendix 1: Optical, physical, thermal and chemical properties of the most frequently collected plastics -- Appendix 2: Fourier transform infrared spectra of polymers frequently found in collections -- Appendix 3: Terms used to describe the degradation of plastics
ER  -