styrene-rubber plastics
31Thermoplastics — A thermoplastic is a plastic that melts to a liquid when heated and freezes to a brittle, very glassy state when cooled sufficiently. Most thermoplastics are high molecular weight polymers whose chains associate through weak Van der Waals forces… …
32Benzene — For other uses, see Benzene (disambiguation). See also: Benzole Benzene …
33Polymer degradation — is a change in the properties tensile strength, colour, shape, etc of a polymer or polymer based product under the influence of one or more environmental factors such as heat, light or chemicals. These changes are usually undesirable, such as… …
34chemistry — /kem euh stree/, n., pl. chemistries. 1. the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter. Cf. element (def. 2). 2. chemical properties, reactions, phenomena, etc.: the chemistry of… …
35Polyoxymethylene — Other names Poly(oxymethylene) glycol; Polymethylene glycol …
36floor covering — Finish material on floors, including wood strips, parquet, linoleum, vinyl, asphalt tile, rubber, cork, epoxy resins, ceramic tile, and carpeting. Wood strip flooring, attached to a subfloor of plywood, is most popular, especially for residences …
37Ozone — For other uses, see Ozone (disambiguation). Ozone …
38Kraton (polymer) — Kraton is the trade name given to a number of high performance elastomers manufactured by Kraton Polymers, and used as synthetic replacements for rubber. Kraton offers many of the properties of natural rubber, such as flexibility, high traction,… …
39Forensic polymer engineering — The study of failure in polymeric products is called forensic polymer engineering. The topic includes the fracture of plastic products, or any other reason why such a product fails in service, or fails to meet its specification. The subject… …
40Mica — For other uses, see Mica (disambiguation). Rock with mica …
