Solid-State Shear Pulverization

Solid-state pulverization methods, which include solid-state shear pulverization (SSSP) and solid-state/melt extrusion (SSME), are unconventional polymer processing methods that are based on twin screw extrusion. The technology was originally employed to produce reduced particle size of polymeric materials, but recently has been successfully applied to mechanochemically modify plastics and fabricate polymer blends and nanocomposites on a commercially-scalable level. The only book to cover the current state of the art in Solid-State Shear Pulverization, from both a scientific and practical point of view Enables engineers to deploy the novel process in entirely new applications – through coverage of economics, scale-up and associated challenges, and examples of successful real-world projects Includes information for developing practical business cases for using the technology - such as cycle times, throughput rates and efficiency factors