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  2. Polystyrene - Wikipedia

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    Expanded polystyrene packaging A polystyrene yogurt container Bottom of a vacuum-formed cup; fine details such as the glass and fork food contact materials symbol and the resin identification code symbol are easily molded. Polystyrene (PS) / ˌ p ɒ l i ˈ s t aɪ r iː n / is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon ...

  3. List of synthetic polymers - Wikipedia

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    Depends on the grade of the polymer. Viton B is used in chemical process plants and gaskets. Zylon: poly-p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole (PBO) Very high tensile strength and thermal stability: Used in tennis racquets, table tennis blades, body armor, etc.

  4. Plastic - Wikipedia

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    For example, since 2010 over US$200 billion has been invested in the United States in new plastic and chemical plants, stimulated by the low cost of raw materials. In the European Union (EU), too, heavy investments have been made in the plastics industry, which employs over 1.6 million people with a turnover of more than 360 billion euros per year.

  5. The Best Plants To Overwinter, According To An Expert - AOL

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    Here’s what garden and patio plants you can save for next spring. As the temperatures start to drop and sweater weather arrives, you may start to look sadly at your beautiful, lush garden plants ...

  6. Artificial plants - Wikipedia

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    Artificial flowers made from plastic A plastic bush. Artificial plants are imitations of natural plants used for commercial or residential decoration. They are sometimes made for scientific purposes (the collection of glass flowers at Harvard University, for example, illustrates the flora of the United States). [1]

  7. Styrax - Wikipedia

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    The spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is a different plant, in the family Lauraceae. Styrax trees grow to 2–14 m tall, and have alternate, deciduous or evergreen simple ovate leaves 1–18 cm long and 2–10 cm broad. The flowers are pendulous, with a white 5–10-lobed corolla, produced 3–30 together on open or dense panicles 5–25 cm long.

  8. List of glues - Wikipedia

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    latex, a coagulating plant fluid, also made synthetically latex is dissolved in an organic solvent organic solvent evaporates as it sets solvent may be hazardous; latex is an allergen: Methyl cellulose: cellulose, a plant structural material, and methyl chloride heating cellulose with an alkali and reacting it with methyl chloride

  9. Bioplastic - Wikipedia

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    CO 2 from the atmosphere is used by plants in photosynthesis, so new plant material will contain both carbon-14 and carbon-12. Under the right conditions, and over geological timescales, the remains of living organisms can be transformed into fossil fuels. After ~100,000 years all the carbon-14 present in the original organic material will have ...