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History of polymer and plastics background information for students ... Plastics are polymers. What is a polymer? The most simple definition of a polymer is something made of many units. Think of a polymer as a chain. Each link of the chain is the "mer" or basic unit that is made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and/or silicon.
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Non-organic elements are routinely added to plastics during manufacture to enhance or suppress specific properties, some of which can be hazardous or carcinogenic to human and wildlife. ... ; PANalytical's solutions for plastics and polymers ... PANalytical offers several solutions for plastics and polymers research and industry.
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Polymer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A polymer (from Greek polu%-*s /po'*li-s/ much, many and me'ro*s /'*meros/ part) is a large molecule (macromolecule) composed of repeating structural units typically connected by covalent chemical b...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer
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Synthetic polymers are produced commercially on a very large scale and have a wide range of properties and uses. The materials commonly called plastics are all synthetic polymers.
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scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/polymers/polymers.html
scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/polymers/polymers.html
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Serving the needs of the professionals representing all segments of the global plastics industry, plastics.com is the world's largest online plastics community with over 70,000 members and features technical advice, blogs, calendars, resources, articles, news, forums and a marketplace ... Engineering Plastics Community...
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www.plastics.com/
www.plastics.com/
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Physical properties of polymers handbook. 2nd ed. TA 455 P58 P475 2007 Chapters on polymer properties relevant to physical ... Printed collections of spectra of polymers, plastics, rubbers, and other macromolecular substances are included on the Spectra and Spectral Data guide. Look for sources marked with a icon.
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www.lib.utexas.edu/chem/info/polymers.html
www.lib.utexas.edu/chem/info/polymers.html
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Most plastics can be classified as either thermoplastic or thermoset, a label which describes the strength of the bonds between adjacent polymer chains within the structure. In thermoplastics, the polymer chains are only weakly bonded (van der Waals forces). ... More about Polymers...
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Additives Additives are materials added to plastics with the intent on improving specific properties of the plastic. Examples include flame retardants, thermal stabilizers, and UV stabilizers. ... Amorphous polymers are structural below TG . Amorphous materials go through one stage of the change from a glassy to a...
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Providing information and history on the development of plastic polymers. ... Plastics are polymers - long-chain carbon-based or "organic" molecules. These chains are made up of repeating fundamental molecular elements, or "monomers." ... Some interesting polymers sites: Plastics, Yahoo...
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www.packagingtoday.com/intronaturalpolymers.htm
www.packagingtoday.com/intronaturalpolymers.htm
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