Dow Global Technologies LLC proposes a process for removing contaminants from thermoplastics, such as PCR plastic, that avoids negative aspects including solvent extraction, surfactants, caustics or ...

Linear or thermoplastic polymers are polymers that consist of long chains or strings of repeating units. These types of materials can be heated, allowing the polymer chains to slide over each other ...

A new type of so-called ‘click’ chemistry has now been introduced. Like with most of click chemistry, it is based on a long-known efficient chemical reaction, which was now also found to be very ...

Henkel has patented a thermoplastic composition for 3D printing, containing amorphous polyamide polymer. The composition includes specific components like dimerized fatty acid and linear diamine. This ...

In a paper recently published in the journal Materials, researchers reviewed recent developments in the fabrication of thermoplastic microfluidic devices and highlighted current and rising approaches ...

Thermoplastic composite (TPC) welding has been a key topic for CW since the March 2006 feature, “Thermoplastic composites gain leading edge on the A380”. That article described GKN Fokker’s (Hoogeveen ...

Plastics are long chains of specific polymers. The use of plastics has grown significantly owing to their high strength, high stiffness, high formability, and lightweight. Additionally, the most ...