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Industrial Technology
Subject: Polymer Technology

Special Subjects
General | Chemical Process Technology | Food Technology | Quality Control & Instrumentation | Wood, Paper & Coatings Technology

Guides to the Internet

  • Interdisciplinary Centre in Polymer Science and Technology
    The IRC is a consortium of polymer research groups in the University of Leeds, Bradford and Durham. This page describes the research activities, answers FAQs and provides polymer related Web sites.
     

  • Polymers DotCom
    Plastics resource site, featuring an Internet index, magazine, job bank and exhaustive content on plastics and polymers.
     
  • Polymer Chemistry Hypertext
    This educational resource from the Chemistry Department of the University of Missouri, Rolla, provides an alphabetical list of the concepts involved, together with the equations. There is also an introduction to a polymer and coatings course. In addition, there is a list of polymer movies on the Web, and a list of other sites.
     

  • The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Chemical Engineering: Polymers
    Alphabetical list of links to sites on polymers

Academic & Research Institutions

Companies

  • Rapra Technology Ltd
    Information is given about the company, with details of the benefits of membership to its services, information about its enquiries bureau, and publications (including Rapra Abstracts). The site hosts a free searchable polymer directory, with details of a large number of companies involved in rubber and plastics worldwide. The RAPRA Abstracts is available from this site - subscribers have full access, and a demo is available for non-subscribers.

Electronic Journals

  • British Plastics & Rubber On-Line
    British Plastics & Rubber is a monthly E-magazine for plastics and rubber processors in the UK. It monitors technical developments from around the world
     
  • Modern Plastics
    The Modern Plastics and Modern Plastics International magazines server provides a current month's table of contents together with selected articles. An archive of articles from past issues is also available. Pages covering news items and show reports, along with a calendar of events, are provided.
     

  • Plastics News
    Plastics News is a subscription based news and directory service for the plastics industry which also offers a certain level of access to non-subscribers.

Professional Bodies & Associations

Teaching Resources

  • Polymers & Liquid Crystals: a virtual textbook and laboratory
    A virtual textbook is available which includes chapters on polymers, liquid crystals, polymer liquid crystals, and polymer dispersed liquid crystals. The virtual laboratory section includes a variety of polymer an liquid crystal related simulations, animations and AVI movies.

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