A study of plastics, examining where they come from, and how they are extracted, purified, designed, manufactured and recycled. It explores the properties of plastics and the technologies used to shape them into products used in everyday life. The volume includes photographs, illustrations and detailed technical artwork; technology boxes showing the steps in a particular manufacturing process; historical facts explaining how processes were done in the past; and "Into the Future" sections which look at what advances may be made in the 21st century.
- ISBN10 0431143072
- ISBN13 9780431143071
- Publish Date 11 January 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 January 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Capstone Global Library Ltd
- Imprint Raintree
- Format Paperback
- Pages 32
- Language English