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Polymers and their use in Every day life
Polymers and Their Use In Everyday Life
By Mike Robinson
Air bags, paint, and tires; not only can all these items be found on a car, they all consist of polymers. Polymers are long chains of repeating molecules (called monomers) and are present most everywhere in our lives.
There are three main types of polymers; synthetic organic polymers, biopolymers, and inorganic polymers. An example of a synthetic organic polymer is polyvinyl chloride, or PVC. PVC is often used as plumbing pipe work, structural tubing, or if you’re Brett Ratliff, reinforcement for a Halloween costume. A biopolymer can be something like wood or human hair, anything that occurs naturally. DNA and RNA...
Polymers and Their Use In Everyday Life
By Mike Robinson
Air bags, paint, and tires; not only can all these items be found on a car, they all consist of polymers. Polymers are long chains of repeating molecules (called monomers) and are present most everywhere in our lives.
There are three main types of polymers; synthetic organic polymers, biopolymers, and inorganic polymers. An example of a synthetic organic polymer is polyvinyl chloride, or PVC. PVC is often used as plumbing pipe work, structural tubing, or if you’re Brett Ratliff, reinforcement for a Halloween costume. A biopolymer can be something like wood or human hair, anything that occurs naturally. DNA and RNA...
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