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This chapter reviews different environmental conditions that can affect plastics. (Further data pertaining to these conditions is provided in Chapter 6.) Like other materials with which designers work, different plastics can be sensitive to their environments. Even ordinary exposure from sunlight or to household cleaning agents can change the properties of certain plastics. Whereas rust, corrosion, and loss of its properties can plague metals, the cracking, crazing, and loss of its properties can affect certain plastics in the presence of different environments. Basically, environmental effects on certain plastics can be related to their performance, as summarized in Figure 4-1 [1–22, 62–68, 332–89].
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Rosato, D.V., Di Mattia, D.P., Rosato, D.V. (1991). Environmental Conditions Affecting Plastics. In: Designing with Plastics and Composites: A Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9723-0_4
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