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What is a familiar plastic and rubber material composed by hydrocarbons?

Polyethylene and polypropylene.


What are plastic resins composed of?

Plastic resins are composed of hydrocarbons. Two common components are polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride. These are produced during the "cracking" process.


What are hydrocarbons that have been chemically changed into familiar plastic and rubber?

Polymers. They form long chains of a repeating monomeric unit (the hydrocarbon).


How is plastic manufactured?

plastic needs the materials plythene waste, wax or natural rubber, nylon oil plyester and petroleum to be manufactured.


Is glass a form of plastic?

Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) material composed mostly of silicon dioxide. Plastic is a broad term for thousands of different polymers, which are manmade hydrocarbons. Some are crystalline, and some are not.


What two hydrocarbons are used to make plastics?

What two hydrocarbons are used to make plastic


Is plastic hydrocarbons?

No but they can be used to make Plastics


What is a plastic and rubber material made by hydrocarbons?

Polyethylene and polypropylene.


What is made out of plastic what type of plastic and why?

Plastic is made from oil, usually fossil fuel oil.


What was the largest American plastic materials and resins company in 2002?

The largest U.S. company actively producing chemicals, plastics, hydrocarbons, and agricultural and specialty products in 2002 was Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Michigan.


Which materials insulators?

the materials are rubber and plastic


Is a bottle a mineral?

No. Bottles are not minerals because they are composed of materials that were processed artificially and generally are not crystalline; both plastic and glass are amorphous. Additionally, plastics are made from organic compounds.