Organosilicon Materials

Herausgegeben:Chandra, Grish

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume, written by 25 experts from industry and research, provides a comprehensive overview of commercially important and environmentally mobile organosilicon materials. It outlines the structure, properties and applications of the four most significant material classes, and summarizes their environmental entry, transport, fate and impact. Readers now have access in one volume to structure, properties, manufacturing, environmental fate and effects of organosilicon compounds and to legislation governing their use.

Produktdetails

• The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry 3 / 3H
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-662-14822-8
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9783662148228
• ISBN-10: 3662148226
• Artikelnr.: 39914854

Autorenporträt

Silicones are widely used throughout a remarkable array of applications, from the esoteric to the everyday, and they constitute a nearly US$ 6 billion industry worldwide. This volume describes the efforts and results in evaluating the environmental fate and ecological impact of commercial organosilicon materials.

Inhaltsangabe

Industrial Organosilicon Materials, Their Environmental Entry and Predicted Fate.- Methods for the Extraction and Detection of Trace Organosilicon Materials in Environmental Samples.- Eco-Relevant Properties of Selected Organosilicon Materials.- Ecotoxicity Testing Challenges of Organosilicon Materials.- Organoalkoxysilanes, Organosilanols, and Organosiloxanols.- Volatile Methylsiloxanes.- Polydimethylsiloxane.- Polyethermethylsiloxanes.- Regulatory Status of Silicones in the United States.- Regulatory Status of Silicones in Europe.- Regulatory Status of Silicones in Japan.- The Silicone Industry and its Environmental Impact.