Plastics can be engineered for specific uses by matching up the properties of the plastic to the job it will ultimately be used for. Plastics are examples of polymers - very large molecules formed ...

Cut plastic sandwich bags apart to make squares of plastic that ... A juice box is a box that needs to keep liquid (juice) on the inside. Remind students that the properties of materials are important ...

It is one of the strongest plastics and is a good go-to material when you want the best properties of plastic, and don’t need the full strength of a metal part. It was originally formulated to ...

A ruthenium catalyst facilitated the polymerization, or polymer addition. Industrial firms have used this catalyst to make ...

The Department of Plastics Engineering has polymer characterization equipment in Ball Hall and the Mark and Elisia Saab Technology and Innovation Center (ETIC). There are two shared use laboratories ...

Students will be able to explain that when testing materials to learn about their properties, all the materials need to be tested in the same way. Students test a piece of aluminum foil, plastic from ...

Polymerisation is the process in which many small monomer units combine to form one large polymer molecule. The alkenes ethene and propene are two important feedstocks in the petrochemical ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a groundbreaking method to ...

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to upcycle discarded plastics into new materials with enhanced properties. This innovation not only offers a potential solution to the global plastic ...

ORNL's invention may change plastic's environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that ...