Articles tagged: chemical resistance

History German chemist Hermann Staudinger discovered polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) in 1888 during his groundbreaking studies on macromolecules, which subsequently earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistr … Read more

History Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) was first discovered by chemists at DuPont in the 1940s as part of their research on fluoropolymers. The company continued the development of PVDF through the 1 … Read more

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