Polymers Division: Technical Activities 1984, January, 1985 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Smith, Leslie E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0366847759 ISBN 13: 9780366847754

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from Polymers Division<br/><br/>Since their commercial introduction in the early part of the twentieth century, synthetic polymers have rapidly grown to become indispensable materials in our technology-based economy. Plastics, elastomers, and synthetic fibers now form the basis of industries that add over $100 billion of value by manufacture to the u.s. Economy and these industries are growing rapidly relative to other basic materials industries. This growth rate is due primarily to the extreme versatility of synthetic polymers, whose wide range of possible properties offer Opportunities for scientists to create innovative materials for nearly any new product. The polymer industry has vigorously pursued these opportunities and continues to introduce new polymers, process methods, and applications at a high rate. Recent summaries show that industrial research on polymers and polymer composites accounts for nearly half of the total industrial r&d expenditures on metals, polymers, and inorganic materials. Polymers have been shaped by intellectually sophisticated research which has been recognized by a number of Nobel Prizes. The resulting materials have contributed to national industrial productivity through their economy, ease of fabrication, and useful properties such as low density, corrosion resistance, and toughness. Polymers are energy efficient; the largest volume polymer, polyethylene, uses 29 percent of the energy per unit volume required by steel for conversion from raw to refined material and yields further savings in processing and Shipping. In fact, studies have shown that for every barrel of oil used to make plastic products, approximately one barrel is saved in comparison with the use of the next best alternative material. These characteristics have enabled polymers to contribute to increased national economic strength both by creating entirely new products and by substituting for other materials in existing products.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0366847759
• ISBN 13: 9780366847754
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 148
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