Articles tagged: applications

History Polyethylene (PE) is a major commodity plastic and the second most widely used thermoplastic after polypropylene (PP). Several types of PE exist and are classified according to their density, … Read more

History Polycarbonates were discovered by German scientist Alfred Einhorn in the late 1890s. However, despite more than 30 years of research into this class of polymers, the project was abandoned, as … Read more

History Polypropylene (PP), the most widely used type of thermoplastic, was discovered in 1954 by Giulio Natta and arrived on the commercial market three years later. Its characteristics, such as hig … Read more

History The development of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) began with the first report of vinyl chloride by Liebig and Regnault in 1835. Nearly four decades later, Baumann investigated the effect of light o … Read more

History Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is a colorless, organic, semicrystalline polymer that belongs to the thermoplastics family. The demand for materials that could withstand extreme conditions and m … Read more