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Polyester washfastness

Dupont and Shell Chemicals claim that Polytrimethylene Terephtalate (Sorona or Corterra) have "an excellent washfastnes...

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posted by nuno.formiga

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Antistatic Rubber

Hi, What is the cheapest Antistatic additive to a Rubber compound? About How many PHR? Thanks

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posted by mecha_17

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How to visualize a pdb-like file

Hi everybody. I have a pdb-like file which represents the model of a molecule. The exact format is the following: x1, y...

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posted by horacio

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Plastic Batteries and the future of Electric Cars

The largest electric car show in the world! This weekend is the annual International Electric Vehicle Symposium at the...

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posted by biggerigloo

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Regaining bipyridine

After polymersisation I have a acrylic polymer with Br-function at the end and bipyridine and Cu(I)Br mixed in water en...

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posted by joh10be

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thin organic conducting polymers

I am looking for a long-chain polymer that is a good electrical conductor and with strength comparible to say Kapton th...

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posted by halliday992000

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Help locating Acetone resistent clear, rigid, plastic tube?

I have an application in which I need to encapsulate some small electronics in thin walled clear plastic tube. The elec...

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posted by jim

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Mylar Spacers

Hi, I'm looking for mylar spacers about 0.001mm thick to place between two NaCl plates in the FTIR. Does anyone know wh...

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posted by sharon.mcdermott

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Slurry Pump Suction Liner Wear

Anyone experience excessive erosion wear (pumping a heavy sand slurry) on slurry pump suction liners. We had been testi...

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posted by dkichton

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refractive index of poly(tert-butyl acrylate)

Does anyone know the refractive index of poly(tert-butyl acrylate). It's not mentioned in Polymer Handbook. Thanx

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posted by prutser99

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Plutonium polymers almost indestructible

I made Plutonium polymers which are almost indestructible and which glow in the dark. Unfortunately I now have cancer an...

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posted by exxokaprulle

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Lab question: cleaning glass

Hi! How can glass (beakers, flasks, etc.) be cleansed of acrylic polymers(*) which are insoluble in water without using...

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posted by acp29

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Injected plastic part with meltable core

hello, I'm looking for informations concerning meltable core in order to realize hollow or empty aera in a injected pla...

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posted by fnelias

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polystyrene II

I'm sorry for posting this twice but i forgot something, i also need info about the recycling of polystyrene, how, when...

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posted by cannadries

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polystyrene

I have to wright a paper about polystyrene. I need information, much much information, about the productionprocess, rea...

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posted by cannadries

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