Chapter 1 Historical Introduction to Plastics
Chapter 2 Current Status of the Plastics Industry
Chapter 3 Elementary Polymer Chemistry
Chapter 4 Health and Safety
Chapter 5 Elementary Statistics
Chpater 6 Properties and Tests of Selected Plastics
Chapter 7 Ingredients of Plastics
Chapter 8 Characterization and Selection of Commerical Plastics
Chpater 9 Machining and Finishing
Chapter 10 Molding Processes
Chapter 11 Extrusion Processes
Chapter 12 Laminating Processes and Materials
Chapter 13 Reinforcing Processes and Materials
Chapter 14 Casting Processes and Materials
Chapter 15 Thermoforming
Chapter 16 Expansion Processes
Chapter 17 Coating Processes
Chapter 18 Fabrication Processes and Materials
Chapter 19 Decorating Processes
Chapter 20 Radiation Processes
Chapter 21 Design Considerations
Chapter 22 Tooling and Moldmaking
Chapter 23 Commercial Considerations

Appendix A Glossary
Appendix B Abbreviations
Appendix C Trade Names
Appendix D Material Identification
Appendix E Thermoplastics
Appendix F Thermosets
Appendix G Useful tables
Appendix H Sources of Help and Bibliography