Plastics in Armaments

The monograph presents a perfect blend between the introduction to what really the plastics are, their structure/property relationship, production technologies, quality control and quality assurance and other topics like testing and shelf life. Various chapters covered deal on topics such as varieties of plastics/polymers, structure/property relationships, plastics and their plurality, additives, matrix materials, various manufacturing technologies, testing of plastics and components and aspects of quality control/quality assurance. Important topics like explosive compatibility, shelf life, failure analysis, selection of plastics and latest trends in plastics are also included in details. The monograph is basically aimed at readership for the Armament scientists and technologists, quality control and quality assurance officers and staff, officers and staff ordnance factories. It also will be very useful for ITI students pursuing polymer technology fields and undergraduate course students from academia. It will also be of immense help to design, production and quality control departments of production houses, and testing laboratories.