Articles tagged: molding

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 Perfluoroalkyl alkanes (PFAs) are a subset of fluorinated hydrocarbons conceptualized as fluorinated analogs of hydrocarbons. They have unique properties that set them apart from per- and pol … Read more