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2. Poly(methyl methacrylate) - Wikipedia

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   PMMA is also known as acrylic, acrylic glass, as well as by the trade names and brands Crylux, Hesalite, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Lucite, and Perspex, among several others . This plastic is often used in sheet form as a lightweight or shatter-resistant alternative to glass. It can also be used as a casting resin, in inks and coatings, and for many ...

3. Acrylic resin - Wikipedia

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   Acrylic resin is a common ingredient in latex paint (UK: "emulsion paint"). Latex paints with a greater proportion of acrylic resin offer better stain protection, greater water resistance, better adhesion, greater resistance to cracking and blistering, and resistance to alkali cleaners compared to those with vinyl. [2]

4. Bubblegram - Wikipedia

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   A laser glass sculpture of a caffeine molecule. A bubblegram (also known as laser crystal, Subsurface Laser Engraving, 3D crystal engraving or vitrography) is a solid block of glass or transparent plastic that has been exposed to laser beams to generate three-dimensional designs inside.

5. 73 Brands That Are Still Made Right Here in the USA - AOL

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   Chesapeake Bay Candle factory workers make more than a half-million scented candles each month for sale at ... but Da Vinci's oil, acrylic, and gouache paints have always been handmade in ...

6. Acrylic - Wikipedia

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   Acrylic resin, a group of related thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic substances; Acrylic fiber, a synthetic fiber of polyacrylonitrile; Acrylic paint, fast-drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion; Poly(methyl methacrylate), also known as acrylic glass or Plexiglass, a transparent thermoplastic

7. Plastic crystal - Wikipedia

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   Plastic crystals were discovered in 1938 by Belgian chemist Jean Timmermans [4] by their anomalously low entropy of fusion.He found that organic substances having an entropy of fusion lower than approximately 17 J·K −1 ·mol −1 (~2R, where R is the molar gas constant) had peculiar properties.

8. Colloidal crystal - Wikipedia

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   A colloidal crystal is an ordered array of colloidal particles and fine grained materials analogous to a standard crystal whose repeating subunits are atoms or molecules. [1] A natural example of this phenomenon can be found in the gem opal , where spheres of silica assume a close-packed locally periodic structure under moderate compression .

9. Sodium polyacrylate - Wikipedia

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   Sodium polyacrylate (ACR, ASAP, or PAAS), [1]: 233 also known as waterlock, is a sodium salt of polyacrylic acid with the chemical formula [−CH 2 −CH(CO 2 Na)−] n and has broad applications in consumer products.