Polypropylene Overview Polypropylene (pol-ee-PRO-pih-leen) is a translucent white solid that is resistant to attack by heat, abrasion, inorganic acids and bases, most organic materials, and bacteria and fungi. It has high electrical resistance and...

Polypropylene is a polymeric material produced by the polymerization of propene. It is a solid material that typically has a molecular weight of over forty thousand. It is a thermoplastic polymer and is softened by solvents as well as by heat,...

Polypropylene is a linear macromolecule, or polymer, composed of repeating units of isopropane. It is a thermoplastic material which gets softer with heating and hardens when cooled. First produced in the late 1950s, polypropylene has become an...

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Revival in "Age of the Environment" Polypropylene fiber is attracting attention in this "age of the environment."Demands for polypropylene fiber are expanding because it is the synthetic fiber friendliest to the environment. While major synthetic fibers such as polyester fiber, nylon fiber and...

The optimum thermoforming conditions for thin-gauge polypropylene sheet are determined, and the processing characteristics of a nucleated grade and an unnucleated grade are compared. A considerable area of plastics processing is concerned with the thermoforming of food packaging from extruded thermoplastic sheet,...

A trip to the grocery store is becoming a lot more fashionable as consumers look to designer totes to bag their greens and express their style.Hermes, Stella McCartney and Consuelo Castiglioni of Marni are among the top designers now offering reusable shopping bags that are...

Dow Chemical Co. announced Tuesday it is cutting 1,000 jobs, or about 2.3 percent of its work force, as part of a plan to rid itself of underperforming businesses and boost its global efficiency.The Midland-based company, one of the nation's biggest chemical makers, said it...