POLYETHYLENE

pŏlˌēĕthˈəlēn, widely used plastic. It is a polymer of ethylene, CH2(double bond)CH2, having the formula (-CH2-CH2-)n, and is produced at high pressures and temperatures in the presence of any one of several catalysts, depending on the desired properties for the finished product. Polyethylene is resistant to water, acids, alkalies, and most solvents. Its many applications include films or sheets for packaging, shower curtains, unbreakable bottles, pipes, pails, drinking glasses, and insulation for wire and cable.

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books on: Polyethylene  - 531 results

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Yearbook of European Law - Vol. 14
Book by Francis Geoffrey Jacobs; Clarendon Press, 1982
Subjects: Law--Europe--Periodicals, Law--Europe--Yearbooks, Law--European Economic Community Countries--Periodicals
...that the older of ECs two low density polyethylene plants would be closed down by the...to state that the situation in the polyethylene sector objectively justified postponement...its geographical mix of low-density polyethylene LDPE products to take full advantage...
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New Directions in Political Economy: An Approach from Anthropology
Book by Madeline Barbara Léons, Frances Rothstein; Greenwood Press, 1979
Subjects: Economic Anthropology, Economics
...some firms that he had promoted in polyethylene sales. I asked him about the market...large petro-chemical firms producing polyethylene. Each had approximately the same market...for a greater share of the market for polyethylene did not occur at a price-product...
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Environmental Management in Practice, Volume 1: Instruments for Environmental Management - Vol. 1
Book by B.Nath, L.Hens, P.Compton, D.Devuyst; Routledge, 1998
Subjects: Environmental Management
...bottles and carton packages, and polyethylene boxes for their distribution. Glass bottles are distributed in polyethylene crates. Specification of the elements...0.25-0.3 0.25-0.3 polyethylene g - 4.0 4.0 twist-off g...
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Quantitative Chemical Techniques of Histo- and Cytochemistry
Book by David Glick; Interscience Publishers, 1962
Subjects: Cytochemistry--Technique, Histochemistry--Technique
...is similar to the self-adjusting polyethylene pipette of Mattenheimer and Borner Fig. 43, B , and polyethylene capillaries could be used instead...commercial unit. 3 Self-Adjusting Polyethylene Pipettes. Polyethylene pipettes...
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The Elements of Archaeological Conservation
Book by J. M. Cronyn; Routledge, 1990
Subjects: Antiquities--Collection And Preservation, Archaeology--Methodology
...containers may be large temporary tanks with polyethylene sheeting skimming the surface or small polypropylene...may be in the form of a triple layer of polyethylene self-sealing bags, polyethylene tubing, heat-sealed or hermetically sealing...
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journal articles on: Polyethylene  - 274 results

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Polyethylene Terephthalate May Yield Endocrine Disruptors
Journal article by Leonard Sax; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Endocrine disruptors--Health aspects, Endocrine disruptors--Research, Polyethylene terephthalate--Health aspects, Polyethylene terephthalate--Research
Polyethylene Terephthalate May Yield Endocrine Disruptors...into the contents of bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET). PET is the...disruptors, leaching, phthalates, polyethylene terephthalate. Environ Health Perspect...
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Polyethylene Terephthalate: Sax Responds
Journal article by Leonard Sax; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Endocrine diseases--Research, Endocrine diseases--Risk factors, Endocrine gland diseases--Research, Endocrine gland diseases--Risk factors, Polyethylene terephthalate--Health aspects, Polyethylene terephthalate--Research
Polyethylene Terephthalate: Sax Responds. by Leonard...potential migrants from commercial amber polyethylene terephthalate bottle wall. Pharm Res...2010. Speciation of antimony in polyethylene terephthalate bottles. X-ray Spect...
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Polyethylene Terephthalate and Endocrine Disruptors
Journal article by Ralph Vasami; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Endocrine diseases--Research, Endocrine diseases--Risk factors, Endocrine gland diseases--Research, Endocrine gland diseases--Risk factors, Polyethylene terephthalate--Health aspects, Polyethylene terephthalate--Research
Polyethylene Terephthalate and Endocrine Disruptors. by Ralph Vasami In the commentary "Polyethylene Terephthalate May Yield Endocrine Disruptors...2010) theorized that bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) might leach phthalate...
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Effects of Polyethylene Glycol on Water and Saline Intake in the Mongolian Gerbil
Journal article by Frederick J. Kozub, Patrick Hauenstein; Journal of Psychology, Vol. 107, 1981
Subjects: Psychology--Periodicals
EFFECTS OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL ON WATER AND SALINE INTAKE IN THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL * 1 University...subcutaneously with either a .9% NaCl vehicle or 10% or 30% (wt/vol) polyethylene glycol (mol wt 20,000). At each injection level one-half...
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Evaluating and Regulating Lead in Synthetic Turf
Journal article by Gregory Van Ulirsch, Kevin Gleason, Shawn Gerstenberger, Daphne B. Moffett, Glenn Pulliam, Tariq Ahmed, Jerald Fagliano; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Lead (Metal)--Environmental aspects, Lead (Metal)--Health aspects, Lead--Environmental aspects, Lead--Health aspects, Public health--Analysis, Synthetic sporting surfaces--Analysis, Synthetic sporting surfaces--Standards, Synthetic sporting surfaces--Usage
...400 <br/ 3 Recreational Nylon 1999 4,100 <br/ 4 Recreational Polyethylene 2003 <1.4 <br/ 5 Recreational Polyethylene 2003 <2.1 <br/ 6 Recreational Polyethylene 2007 <1.0 <br/ 7 Recreational Polyethylene 2006 <1.7 <br...
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Nobody Beats Interplast: From a Small Operation in Ghana in 19/1, Interplast Ltd Has Now Grown into a Multinational Operation; Providing High-Density Polyethylene Products to Ghana and 20 Other African Countries
Magazine article; New African, July 2011
Subjects: Businessmen, Fakhry, Said, Plastics industry--Officials and employees
...into a Multinational Operation; Providing High-Density Polyethylene Products to Ghana and 20 Other African Countries. Said Fakhry...African countries as Interplast introduced high-density polyethylene products into the African market. Due to the continuous...
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The Life of a Bottle
Magazine article by Nicole Davis; Plenty, August 2005
Subjects: Bottled water, Containers, Polyethylene terephthalate, Recycled products, Recycling centers, United States, Waste disposal
...separate the containers made of thin polyethylene terephthalate (PET), like our water...made of the thicker, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), which is used in items like...turns out, that tongue-twisting polyethylene terephthalate used to make bottles...
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Rethinking Redesign
Magazine article by Vincent Childress, Sonya Draper; Children's Engineering and Technology, Vol. 14, May 2010
Subjects: Buildings, Design, Families & family life, Learning, Polyethylene terephthalate, Recycling, Students
...strategic points to collect recyclable products such as: 1. Plastics: PETE (Polyethylene Terephthalate) #1 - soda bottles; H DPE (High Density Polyethylene) #2 - milk bottles Plastic codes (1 or 2) are located on the bottom or side...
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Paper or Plastic?
Magazine article by Sam Lien; The Humanist, Vol. 62, November 2002
Subjects: Coating manufacturing equipment, Ink--Environmental aspects, Inks--Environmental aspects, Low density polyethylene, Machinery industry, Packaging materials, Paints, Paper industry--Environmental aspects, Paper machines, Recycling, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Supermarkets--Environmental aspects
...space in landfills than they used to. Soda bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic weighed sixty-seven grams...The form of plastic used in grocery bags is low-density polyethylene (LDPE), which is very flexible, making it ideal for carrying...
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The Slimming of the Bottles
Magazine article by Kristin Bender; E, Vol. 21, May-June 2010
Subjects: Bottled water industry--Environmental aspects, Bottled water industry--Industry forecasts, International Bottled Water Association--Reports, Plastic bottles--Environmental aspects, Plastic bottles--Properties, Polyethylene terephthalate--Environmental aspects, Polyethylene terephthalate--Properties
...Lauria, IBWA spokesperson. "They squeeze easily, but they are droppable, shippable and strong." In 2000, the average polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottled water container weighed 18.9 grams. By 2008, that number had dropped to 12.7 grams...
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newspaper articles on: Polyethylene  - 482 results

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Investors to Finance Polyethylene Plant
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 11, 2005
Subjects: Bataan Polyethylene Corp., Health care products industry, Health products industry, Metro Alliance Holdings and Equities Corp., Plastics industry
Investors to Finance Polyethylene Plant. Byline: MYRNA M. VELASCO...re-commissioning of the Bataan polyethylene plant; one of the core mid-stream...of re-commissioning the Bataan polyethylene plant and the purchase of start...
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Major Boost with SABIC's Polyethylene Project as Battle against Recession Continues
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), July 21, 2009
Subjects: Chemical plants, Petrochemicals industry, Petroleum chemicals industry, Polyethylene
Major Boost with SABICs Polyethylene Project as Battle against Recession...bringing the worlds biggest polyethylene facility on stream is increasingly...the new pounds 200m Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) at Wilton due to come...
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New Group Acquires Bataan Polyethylene
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 28, 2005
Subjects: Bataan Polyethylene Corp., Plastics industry
New Group Acquires Bataan Polyethylene. Byline: BERNIE CAHILES MAGKILAT...acquisition of ther bankrupt Bataan Polyethylene Corp. (BPC) with 83 percent...a $330 million world-class polyethylene plant in Mariveles, Bataan...
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SABIC Is Geared Up for Polyethylene Production on New Pounds 250m Plant; PROCESS INDUSTRY
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 22, 2009
Subjects: Petrochemicals industry, Petroleum chemicals industry, Polyethylene
SABIC Is Geared Up for Polyethylene Production on New Pounds 250m...up to bring its new Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) plant at Wilton on stream...extruder proved successful with polyethylene chips from imported polymer being...
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Iranian Firm to Invest $100 M in Bataan Petrochemical Plant
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 29, 2005
Subjects: Bataan Polyethylene Corp., NPC International Inc., Petrochemicals, Petrochemicals industry, Petroleum chemicals, Petroleum chemicals industry, Plastics industry, Restaurant industry
...million for the reoperation of Bataan Polyethylene Corp. (BPC) after buying out 60...aside from continue the production polyethylene, the Iranian firm is also looking...000 ton/year linear low-density polyethylene (lldPE)/high-density polyethylene...
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encyclopedia articles on: Polyethylene  - 18 results

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Polyethylene
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POLYETHYLENE pol eeth len, widely used plastic . It is a polymer of ethylene , CH...catalysts , depending on the desired properties for the finished product. Polyethylene is resistant to water, acids, alkalies, and most solvents. Its many...
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Polyethylene Glycol
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG): see glycol . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Polymer
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...converted into a structural unit for polyethylene , -H 2 C-CH 2 -. In a linear polymer...containing a single repeating unit, such as polyethylene, are called homopolymers. Polymers...to that of the monomer, e.g., polyethylene and polystyrene . A condensation polymer...
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Glycol
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...glycol. They are excellent solvents, having solvent properties of both ethers and alcohols; they have other uses as well. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is used to thicken shampoo and cosmetics. It can also be attached to other molecules via a process called...
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MÜlheim an Der Ruhr
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...institute for coal research, the Fischer-Tropsch process for coal liquification and the Ziegler process for the production of polyethylene plastics were discovered. Mulheim was chartered in 1808. There is a 12th-century castle in the city...
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