73: Living in the Plastic Age

from The History of Chemistry · host Steve Cohen

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 showSupport my podcast at https://www.patreon.com/thehistoryofchemistryTell me how your life relates to chemistry! E-mail me at [email protected] my book, O Mg! How Chemistry Came to Be, from World Scientific Publishing, https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12670#t=aboutBook

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