Five New Developments in Plastics Drying
While the buzz at last year’s NPE was all about Industry 4.0 and IIoT, there is also a lot going on to enable the drying process itself—as well as the…
Carbon, Ford Collaborate on 3D-Printed End-Use Parts
3D printing company Carbon (Silicon Valley) showed the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for Ford Motor Co. at the Additive Manufacturing for Automotive Workshop at the 2019 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS)…
Biodegrable, Recyclable Bioplastics from Seaweed-Feeding Microorganisms
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a new process that can produce ‘truly sustainable’ bioplastics in that they do not require the use of plants or water. Their process produces…
copolymer
When a polymer is made by linking only one type of small molecule, or monomer, together, it is called a homopolymer. When two different types of monomers are joined in the…
Chemical Bonds
A chemical bond is an attraction between atoms that allows the formation of chemical substances that contain two or more atoms. The bond is caused by the electromagnetic force attraction between opposite…
Amorphous Polymers
High temperature materials are divided into two main categories—semi-crystalline and amorphous—based on their difference in molecular structure. Amorphous high temperature resins have a randomly ordered molecular structure which does not…
Crystalline Polymers
Polymer chemists use the term crystalline to describe the areas in a polymer where the chains are packed in a regular way.Many polymers have a mixture of crystalline (ordered) areas…
Heteropolymer
A heteropolymer is a type of polymer that is made of two or more different types of monomers. If two monomers are involved in the polymerization process, the end product…
Difference Between Homopolymer and Heteropolymer
Main Difference – Homopolymer vs Heteropolymer Polymers are giant compounds made out of small basic units. These polymers are also called macromolecules. The building blocks of a polymer are called monomers. The…
Homopolymer
Polythene covers are manufactured with polyethylene which is a polymer molecule. Polymer molecules are macromolecules composed of a large number of monomer units. It is composed of ethene molecules; an…
