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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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• An Introduction to Carrageenan Informations on current uses and possible extension of use into other industries. Provided by the Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines.
• Biodegradable Plastic Resin University of Nebraska Institute of Natural Resources offers to supply information on a patented product made from starch.
• Biostable and biocompatible polymers Abstracts of selected publications and patents dealing with biostable and biocompatible thermoplastic and segmented polyurethanes.
• Dow Chemical Polypropylene Resins An intensive look at typical characteristics, shrinkage predictions and plastic part design for parts made with polypropylene resins.
• Elastomer Engineering and Testing Consults or performs finite element analysis, stress strain, fatigue, crack growth, and tearing energy testing on elastomers or rubber materials and components.
• Faraday Plastics Partnership Based in the UK and are joint initiatives from the UK's Ministry of Industry (DTI) and the UK national research funding organisation (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)). The Plastics partnership aims to promote and develop the plastics industry in the UK.
• Friendly Packaging About a project at the University of York that aims to produce and fully characterize a novel biocompostable plastic.
• Intro to polymers : The Macrogalleria A cyberwonderland of polymer fun from University of S MS
• Photopolymer.com A site for information and ecommerce on radiation-curable and imageable polymers. These polymers are used as photoresists, coatings, inks, adhesives, printing plates etc.
• Plastemart.com Provides information on plastics and environment, associations and institutions, books and publications, news and a discussion forum.
• Polymer and Organic Flexible Displays This page describes and links background information and recent developments in several key polymer and organic display technologies which are turning mechanically flexible displays into a reality.
• Polymer Chemistry Hypertext An educational resource compiled by students at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
• Polymer FEM Forum for discussing constitutive models for polymers and their implementation in general purpose finite element programs.
• Polymer foam case studies Three case studies to do with polymer foam compression, packaging design and seating cushion design.
• Polymeric Research Polymer Processing, characterization and computer modelling. Various new technologies are described. Solids modelling and quick prototyping vis SLA is also available.
• Polymers and People Article explores research, over 150 years, that has led to polymers use in medicine, like organ transplants.
• Polymers in Automobile Industry About polymers and their uses and possible uses in the automobile industry, written for a general audience.
• Polymers, Properties and Polymerisation Processes The P4 project is headed by Prof. Julia Higgins at Imperial College London. It addresses a wide range of research issues in the areas of polymers and polymerisation processes. Provides informations regarding the general activities of the project.
• PSI - Polymer Search on the Internet Focused search engine for global polymer, rubber and plastics information.
• Rubber Division - American Chemical Society Provides for exchange of opinions, technical information and experience of those in the rubber and polymer-related industries.
• Rubber Division - American Chemical Society Provides for exchange of opinions, technical information and experience of those in the rubber and polymer-related industries.
• Self Healing Polymer Research Provides information about the self healing polymers research group at the University of Illinois. Contains publications in full text (PDFs) and a gallery including photos, animations and videos.
• Surface Modified Silicone Rubber 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.
• Teflon Links to technical resources and its applications .
• The 2003 BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy Recent Advances in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, BCC Conference, June 2 - 4, 2003, Stamford, CT, USA.
• The Macrogalleria A Cyberwonderland of Polymer fun. Includes on screen polymer reactions. A wonderful learning tool.
• Trends in Plastics Facts, Trends, News about plastics. Semi-personal website developed by a senior member of two prestigious professional associations (the ACS and SPE), giving interesting perspectives on the business, materials and processes.

 

 

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