A Polymer is a large molecule built up by the repetition of small, simple chemical units. Repetition can be linear, branched, cross-linked or dendritic. The repeat unit is usually equivalent to the monomer - the starting material from which the polymer is formed.
Plastics are one type of polymer These can be broken down into thermoplastics which can repeatedly follow a melt-freeze cycle, and thermosets, which set, or cure once during an irreversible chemical process during the manufacturing phase. Polypropylene, polyethylene and suchlike are thermoplastics, while most elastomers as well as hard plastics like Bakelite are thermosets.
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A site for information and ecommerce on radiation-curable and imageable polymers. These polymers are used as photoresists, coatings, inks, adhesives, printing plates etc.
Provides information on plastics and environment, associations and institutions, books and publications, news and a discussion forum.
Forum for discussing constitutive models for polymers and their implementation in general purpose finite element programs.
About polymers and their uses and possible uses in the automobile industry, written for a general audience.
Provides for exchange of opinions, technical information and experience of those in the rubber and polymer-related industries.
A wet-chemical method generates a variety of functional groups in the surface of fromed silicone articles. This is the basis for bonding biologically active compounds, ionically and/or covalently.
A site for information and ecommerce on radiation-curable and imageable polymers. These polymers are used as photoresists, coatings, inks, adhesives, printing plates etc.
About polymers and their uses and possible uses in the automobile industry, written for a general audience.
A wet-chemical method generates a variety of functional groups in the surface of fromed silicone articles. This is the basis for bonding biologically active compounds, ionically and/or covalently.
Forum for discussing constitutive models for polymers and their implementation in general purpose finite element programs.
Provides information on plastics and environment, associations and institutions, books and publications, news and a discussion forum.
Provides for exchange of opinions, technical information and experience of those in the rubber and polymer-related industries.
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