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Renewable Energy/Plastics (Materials for Plastics (Cellulose, Coal,…
Renewable Energy/Plastics
Solar Energy
Solarvoltaic Cells
Thermal Showers
Thermal Magnified
Thermal Panels
Wind Turbines
Water
Hydrodams
Tidal Machines
Thermoplastics
Softens on heating and hardens again on cooling
PET
PVC
PE
Thermosets
Never softens once it has been molded
EP - Epoxide
PF - Phenol-formaldehyde
PTFE - Polytetrafluroroethylene
Polymer as a molecule of repeating units
Materials for Plastics
Cellulose
Coal
Natural Gas
Salt
Crude Oil
Production
Crude oil is refined and separated by distillation.
Each fraction is a different mixture of hydrocarbon chains.
One of these fractions, naphtha, turns into ethane or propane, which later changes into ethylene and propylene.
Polycondensation
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Polymerization
Ethylene and Propylene are linked and to form polymer chains
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Ethane
- C2H6
Propane
- C3H8
Global Warming