22 min listen
73: Living in the Plastic Age
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode we hear of developments in the 1970s concerning polymers such as polycarbonate, Hytrel®, PET, polyacetals, Vamac®, PEEK, fluoroelastomers, use of metallocenes to fine-tune properties of polyethylene, and conductive polymers, both inorganic and organic.Support the show Support my podcast at https://www.patreon.com/thehistoryofchemistry Tell me how your life relates to chemistry! E-mail me at steve@historyofchem.com Get my book, O Mg! How Chemistry Came to Be, from World Scientific Publishing, https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12670#t=aboutBook
Released:
Jun 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
3: Metallica and More by The History of Chemistry