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Polyethylene is the accidental plastic--as in they synthesized it by accident three or four different times. Someone was heating some diazomethane, and polyethylene just precipitated out of solution. Someone else compressed a mixture of ethylene and benzaldehyde to 6000 psi and polyethylene just precipitated out of solution. And the Philips company of the Netherlands attempted to make high-density polyethylene in the 1950s, and accidentally made two million pounds of medium-density polyethylene before they finally got it right. (They then invented the Hula Hoop to use up all the bad polyethylene.)
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What are the polymers formed from Ethene?
ethane is a precursor to ethylene which is polymerized to form polyethylene
Is polyethylene a thermosetting or thermoforming plastic?
Polyethylene is a thermoplastic polymer.
Why you do not use polythene?
Polythene (polyethylene) is largely used around the word. Now we can produce biodegradable polyethylene or we can recycle the polyethylene.
Which has more crystalline branched or linear polyethylene?
The cystalline branched polyethylene has got a complex structure than a linear polyethylene.
What type organic compound is polyethylene?
Polyethylene is a polymer of ethene. It is a macro molecule.
What was used before polyethylene was discovered?
Cellulose
Which is stronger Polyethylene or dyneema?
Polyethylene Which is stronger Polyethylene or dyneema?
What are the polymers formed from Ethene?
ethane is a precursor to ethylene which is polymerized to form polyethylene
What metal is a polyethylene?
Polyethylene is a plastic, not metal. In fact, polyethylene is the most common plastic now-a-days.
Is polyethylene a thermosetting or thermoforming plastic?
Polyethylene is a thermoplastic polymer.
What is the difference between polyethylene and polyester?
what is the main difference between polyethylene and polyesters what is the main difference between polyethylene and polyesters
Why you do not use polythene?
Polythene (polyethylene) is largely used around the word. Now we can produce biodegradable polyethylene or we can recycle the polyethylene.
Which has more crystalline branched or linear polyethylene?
The cystalline branched polyethylene has got a complex structure than a linear polyethylene.
What type organic compound is polyethylene?
Polyethylene is a polymer of ethene. It is a macro molecule.
What are the ingredients in polyethylene terephthalate?
The components used to make Polyethylene terephthalate is plastics. They take recycled plastics and mold them into polyethylene terephthalate. If you want the chemical formula for polyethylene that would be (C10H8O4)n.
What chemical element makes up polyethylene?
Polyethylene contain hydrogen and carbon.
Chemical structure of polyethylene co acrylic acid?
Chemical structure of polyethylene?
