Plastics can be engineered for specific uses by matching up the properties of the plastic to the job it will ultimately be used for. Plastics are examples of polymers - very large molecules formed ...

Decades of development towards improving the properties of plastics, making them easier to process and lowering the cost of production has led to their broad use in a variety of different ...

Polymerisation is the process in which many small monomer units combine to form one large polymer molecule. The alkenes ethene and propene are two important feedstocks in the petrochemical ...

It is one of the strongest plastics and is a good go-to material when you want the best properties of plastic, and don’t need the full strength of a metal part. It was originally formulated to ...

Examples of thermoset plastics include phenolic resins, amino resins, polyester resins, silicon resins, epoxy resins, and polyurethanes. This handbook discusses the types, properties, uses, and ...

Instead of external compounds, the researchers used carbon black, already embedded in black polystyrene, as the ...

The main commercial appeal of these materials lies on their ability to offer a broad variety of tailor-made properties and yet be cheap, and easily processed and conformed into a myriad of shapes and ...

The Department of Plastics Engineering has polymer characterization equipment in Ball Hall and the Mark and Elisia Saab Technology and Innovation Center (ETIC). There are two shared use laboratories ...