From the contents: Design Principles of Plastic Containing Metal Corrosion Inhibitors -- Underlying Notions -- Corrosion Processes in Metal-Polymer Contacts -- Components of Inhibited Plastics -- Thermodynamic and Process Compatibility of the Components of Inhibited Plastics -- Manufacturing Methodology of Inhibited Plastics -- Estimation Procedures of Inhibited Plastics Efficiency -- Designation of Inhibited Plastics -- Films Incorporating Corrosion Inhibitors -- Classification -- Production Methods -- Structure, Properties and Protection Mechanism -- Quality Control -- Fields of Application -- Inhibited Coatings -- Polymer Coatings as Elements of Anticorrosion -- Modern Trends in Coating Design -- Coating Techniques -- Adhesion -- The Range of Inhibited Coatings -- Structural Inhibited Plastics -- Corrosive Wear of Metals -- Electrical Processes in Movable Metal-Polymer Contacts -- Tribochemical Processes in Metal-Polymer Contacts -- Suppression of Mechanochemical Wear of Metals by Inhibited Plastics -- Inhibited Antifrictional Materials -- Inhibited Engineering Materials -- Glues -- Sealants -- Plastic CI Carriers -- Inhibited Plastic Containers -- Microcapsules -- Economic and Social Aspects of Adoption of Inhibited Plastics -- Cost-Effectiveness -- Safety Measures -- Production and Application Ecology.

The development of polymer composites containing inhibitors of metal corrosion is an important endeavour in modern materials science and technology. Corrosion inhibitors can be located in a polymer matrix in the solid, liquid or gaseous phase. This book details the thermodynamic principles for selecting these components, their compatibility and their effectiveness. The various mechanisms of metal protection – barrier, inhibiting and electromechanical – are considered, as are the conflicting requirements placed on the structure of the combined material. Two main classes of inhibited materials (structural and films/coatings) are described in detail. Examples are given of structural plastics used in friction units subjected to mechano-chemical wear and of polymer films/coatings for protecting metal objects against corrosion.