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Polymer Library (formerly Rapra Abstracts)

  
 
Polymer Library (formerly Rapra Abstracts) is the only database in the world which is dedicated exclusively to information on rubbers, plastics, adhesives and polymeric composites. There are more than 700,000 records in the database from 1972 to the present, covering commercial, marketing, technical and academic aspects of the rubber and plastics industry.

Source material for the database is selected from more than 500 journals in a wide range of languages from 30 different countries including North America, Australia, Europe, Japan, and China. Source material is also collected from books, technical reports and trade literature. In 1994, patent information relating to rubber and plastics industries was added to the database.

Subject Coverage
    Major areas of coverage include:
    • Additives and Compounding Ingredients
    • Applications of Polymers
    • Economic and Commercial Information
    • Environmental and Industrial Hazards/Toxicity
    • Industrial Organisation/Administration
    • Legislation and Regulations
    • Machinery and Test Equipment
    • Natural Rubber Cultivation
    • Polymeric Materials and Monomers
    • Properties and Testing
    • Synthesis, Polymerisation and Chemical Modification
Dates of Coverage
    1972 - current
Update Frequency
    Every two weeks
Size
    Over 921,536 records as of May 2008
Supplier
Document Delivery
    Almost all of the documents abstracted for the Polymer Library are held in the Rapra library and are available via the Document Delivery Service, in the form of photocopies. Orders can be placed by mail, telephone, fax or by email (documents@rapra.net). For further details visit www.rapra.net/absdocs/copyrequest.htm. Direct orders while searching online can be placed provided your IDS Adminstrative Profile has been setup to do so. Contact your librarian to have this function enabled.
Sample Record
    TI: Title
    FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH OF ELASTOMERS IN THE SWOLLEN STATE
    AU: Author
    Cho K; Jang WJ; Lee D; Chun H; Chang Y-W
    AF: Author Affiliation
    Pohang,University of Science & Technology; Hanyang,University
    SO: Source
    Polymer; 41, No.1, 2000, p.179-83
    IS: ISSN
    0032-3861
    CD: CODEN
    POLMAG
    AB: Abstract
    The crack growth rate of styrene-butadiene rubber and acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, under dynamic tearing conditions, was determined using a cyclic shear test applied to pre-cracked samples, before and after swelling. The degree of swelling was controlled by varying the swelling temperature and the swelling time. The crack growth rates were higher for the swollen elastomers. The influence of type of elastomer, degree of swelling, and crosslinking structure on the fatigue crack behaviour of the swollen elastomers is discussed. It is proposed that the variation of fatigue resistance in the swollen state was due to a reduction in viscoelastic energy loss and sharpening of the crack tip. 22 refs.
    LA: Language
    English
    PY: Publication Year
    2000
    PT: Publication Type
    Journal Article
    DE: Descriptors
    ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE RUBBER; BUTADIENE-STYRENE RUBBER; CRACK; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK RESISTANCE; CRACK TIP; CRACKING; CYCLIC LOADING; DEGREE OF SWELLING; DYNAMIC TESTING; ELASTOMER; FATIGUE; GRAPH; INSTITUTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RUBBER; SHEAR PROPERTIES; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRESS; STYRENE-BUTADIENE RUBBER; SWELLING; SWELLING RATE; SYNTHETIC RUBBER; TABLES; TECHNICAL; TESTING; THEORY; KOREA
    ID: Identifiers
    SBR-1502; KNB230H
    CL: Classification
    42C21D11; 42C391D11; 93512; 9516
    SF: Subfile
    Rapra Abstracts
    UD: Update
    200004
    AN: Accession Number
    757123
Field Codes
    The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code.

    AB = Abstract ML = Material
    AD = Address NM = Non-Polymer Material
    AF = Author Affiliation NT = Notes
    AN = Accession Number ON = Organization Name
    AU = Author PA = Patent Application Data
    CA = Corporate Author PN = Patent Number
    CD = CODEN PR = Patent Priority Data
    CL = Classification PT = Publication Type
    DE = Descriptors PY = Publication Year
    EA = Email Address RL = Resource Location
    ED = Editor SF = Subfile
    FA = Fax SN = Standard Number
    IC = International Classification SO = Source
    ID = Identifiers TE = Telephone
    IS = ISSN TI = Title
    LA = Language UD = Update

    Note: When a keyword (KW=) search is performed, the following fields are searched:

    TI = Title
    AB = Abstract
    DE = Descriptors
    ID = Identifiers
    NM = Non-Polymer Material
 
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