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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Aliphatic Polyketone
Aliphatic polyketone is a material that gets little attention but is similar in chemistry to nylons, polyesters and acetals.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Acetal
The road from discovery in the lab to commercial viability can be long, and this was certainly the case for acetal polymers.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: The Differences Between Nylons & Polyesters
In many respects, nylons and polyesters appear to be interchangeable. But there are interesting differences in the properties of these two families that arise from their chemical structures.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Polyesters
Beyond PET, PBT and their analogues, development of polyester chemistry led to unsaturated thermosetting resins, copolyester thermoplastic elastomers, liquid-crystal polymers and, most recently, biopolymers.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: PBT
The slow crystallization of PET polyester made it a poor option for processes like injection molding. This led to the development of more molder-friendly options such as PBT.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: PET
How PET evolved from a material for fibers and fabrics to a force in packaging.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: How Nylons & Polyesters Connected
The history of nylons and polyesters are intertwined, and it takes some knowledge of chemistry to understand why.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: More on Polycarbonate
The industry has learned a lot about the advantages and disadvantages of polycarbonate during its more than 60-year history, and it would be difficult to imagine a world in which it did not exist.
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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Polycarbonate
How polycarbonate came about, virtually simultaneously, through the efforts of two industry giants.
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