Plastics Chemistry for Non-Chemists
April 26, 2016
11am Pacific(2 pm Eastern)
Runtime: 1 hour
This webinar will cover:
- Definitions: polymer, plastic, compound, resin, scrap, repro vs regrind, blend vs alloy.
- The basic elements: hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, CARBON, chlorine, and a few others.
- How elements form compounds by holding "hands."
- Monomers and how they react to form chains. Why these "building blocks" are all gone in the finished polymer.
- Addition polymers (PE, PP, PS, ABS, vinyls) and condensation polymers (PET, PC, nylons).
- Copolymers of both types.
- Bioplastics, and the difference between biosourced and bioactive.
- Additives: they are not part of the polymer chain, but they are needed to make useful plastic compounds.
- Environmental anxieties, related fear of chemistry and science briefly covered, including environmental advantages and NONtoxicity of polymers.
| Presenter |
| Allan Griff Consulting Engineer | |
