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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Ayres Elizabeth <1950->"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Writing the Wave"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Veriditas Books"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-62517-495-0"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (292 p.)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"808/.02"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Where's your wave of creativity?If you want to learn how to write, \"Writing the Wave: Inspired Rides for Aspiring Writers\" is the very first writing book designed especially for beginning writers who yearn to write more expressively. Written with warmth and wit by internationally acclaimed writer and teacher Elizabeth Ayres, this 15th anniversary edition of a classic writing how-to book makes the creative process safe, easy and fun while honoring its spiritual depth and mystery.Elizabeth shows you how it's done. With step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow writing exercises, you'll be writing non-stop from the very first page, even if you've never written before. It's just like having a personal writing coach.You can learn how to be a writer. Throw away those endless lists of writing prompts. Learn how to discover your own ideas with these break-through writing exercises that transform fundamental writing principles into concrete writing techniques you can use over and over, forever, whether you want to learn how to write fiction, nonfiction, poetry -- or something that doesn't even have a name yet.Unlike other writing books, \"Writing the Wave\" couples inspiring writing exercises with expert and compassionate advice, to minimize the fears and maximize the joys of writing. And more advanced writers looking for a jumpstart will appreciate recovering their free-flowing creative wellspring.There's a vast ocean of inspiration within you. The surf's up! The water's warm! Are you ready to take the plunge?Phillip Lopate, editor of \"The Art of Writing\" and \"Writing New York\" says, \"Elizabeth Ayres has thought long and hard about the writing process, and is one of the most seasoned and exemplary practitioners in the field of teaching writing. This book about writing is "]
[{"$nulls":4},"an invaluable distillation of her insights and experiences. I cannot imagine any beginning or struggling writer not coming away with some inspiration from it.\""]
[null,"2.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910784016003321"]
[null,null,"Autore",null,"Murphy John <1934 May 23->"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Additives for plastics handbooks [[electronic resource] /] / John Murphy"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Kidlington, Oxford, UK ; ; New York, NY, USA, : Elsevier Science Ltd., c2001"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-281-03545-9"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9786611035457"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-08-049861-2"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[2nd ed.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (507 p.)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"668.4/11"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Plastics - Additives"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Includes index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Front Cover; Additives for Plastics Handbook; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface and Publishers' note; Chapter 1. An Overview of Additives; Chapter 2. Types of Additive and the Main Technical Trends; 2.1 Current Lines of Development; 2.2 Special Additives; 2.3 Multi-functional Formulations; 2.4 Masterbatches; 2.5 Dendritic Polymers; Chapter 3. The World Market; 3.1 World Consumption of Additives; 3.2 The Market for Masterbatch; 3.3 Overall Commercial Trends; 3.4 Growth of Specialist Compounders; 3.5 Regional Factors"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Chapter 4. Modifying Specific Properties: Mechanical Properties - Fillers4.1 Effect of Fillers; 4.2 Factors for Compounding; 4.3 Types of Fillers; 4.4 Surface Modification; 4.5 Nano-technology; 4.6 Commercial Trends; Chapter 5. Modifying Specific Properties: Mechanical Properties - Reinforcements; 5.1 Fibres: The Basic Properties; 5.2 Types of Reinforcing Fibre; 5.3 Other Fibres; 5.4 Natural Fibres; 5.5 Forms of Reinforcement; 5.6 Long-fibre Reinforcement; 5.7 New Developments; 5.8 Commercial Trends"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Chapter 6. Modifying Specific Properties: Appearance - Colorants, Pigments, Dyes, Special Effects6.1 Main Types of Pigment and Colorant; 6.2 Addition of Colorants; 6.3 Replacement of Cadmium; 6.4 Pigments for Special Effects; 6.5 Laser Marking; 6.6 Pigment Dispersants; 6.7 Multi-functional Systems; 6.8 Pigments for Engineering Plastics; 6.9 The Effect of Pigments on Dimensions; 6.10 Colorants for Food and Medicals; 6.11 Recent Developments; 6.12 Market Trends; Chapter 7. Modifying Specific Properties: Appearance - Black and White "]
[{"$nulls":4},"Pigmentation; 7.1 Types of White Pigment; 7.2 Black Pigments"]
[{"$nulls":4},"7.3 Commercial Trends: Titanium Dioxide7.4 Commercial Trends: Carbon Black; Chapter 8. Modifying Specific Properties: Resistance to Heat - Heat Stabilizers; 8.1 How They Work; 8.2 Antioxidants; 8.3 Blends; 8.4 Replacement of Heavy Metals; 8.5 Effect of Silica on the Activity of Stabilizers; 8.6 Benzoxazolone Derivatives for PVC; 8.7 New Chemistry for Stabilizers; 8.8 Recent Developments; 8.9 Other Stabilizers; 8.10 Commercial Trends; Chapter 9. Modifying Specific Properties: Resistance to Light - UV Stabilizers; 9.1 How They Work; 9.2 UV Screening Pigments; 9.3 Absorbers"]
[{"$nulls":4},"9.4 Energy Transfer Agents/Quenchers9.5 Scavengers: Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers; 9.6 Synergists with HALS; 9.7 Polymeric Stabilizers; 9.8 Blends; 9.9 Replacement of Heavy Metals; 9.10 Selection of Antioxidants for Use with UV Stabilizers; 9.11 Concentrates, Masterbatches; 9.12 New Chemistry; 9.13 Recent Developments; Chapter 10. Modifiying Specific Properties: Flammability - Flame Retardants; 10.1 How They Work; 10.2 Summary of FR additives; 10.3 Halogenated Compounds; 10.4 Other Flame Retardants; 10.5 Phosphorus; 10.6 Intumescent Flame Retardants; 10.7 Halogen-free Systems"]
[{"$nulls":4},"10.8 Combinations of Flame Retardants"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Both technically and economically, additives form a large and increasingly significant part of the polymer industry, both plastics and elastomers.  Since the first edition of this book was published, there have been wide-ranging developments, covering chemistry and formulation of new and more efficient additive systems and the safer use of additives, both by processors in the factory and, in the wider field, as they affect the general public. This new edition follows the successful formula of its predecessor, it provides a comprehensive view of all types of additives, concentrating m"]