The impressive physical properties of the most common plastics used today are attributable to the long carbon–carbon chains that make up their molecular backbone (Fig. 1). However, the strong ...

All substances have properties. These describe how a substance looks and behaves. There are two types of properties: physical and chemical. Watch this video about how physical and chemical ...

Plastics is the key text for senior students studying the science and engineering of plastic materials. Starting from microstructure and physical properties, the book covers the mechanical, chemical ...

Engineers can design the print path used by the 3D printer to program the plastic's physical properties so that a device can ...

The transport of microplastics is complicated by their physical properties (e.g., shape, size, and density), which can change over time as microplastics biofoul (i.e., facilitate the growth of ...