Tutorial on Polymers – Manufacture, Properties, and Applications

Authors
Publication date 2022
Host editors
  • M. Dusselier
  • J-P. Lange
Book title Biodegradable Polymers in the Circular Plastics Economy
ISBN
  • 9783527347612
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783527827565
  • 9783527827572
  • 9783527827589
Chapter 4
Pages (from-to) 83-111
Publisher Weinheim: Wiley-VCH
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract Over half a century, polymers/plastics have penetrated all facets of modern human life by providing convenience and comfort at low cost. But irresponsible disposal has also led to unacceptable littering of the environment. This tutorial chapter will review the status of today's plastics economy, from manufacture, to applications with respective properties and to responsible end-of-life. It will thereby consider today's polymers, which are mainly derived from fossil feedstock, as well as emerging bio-based polymers.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527827589.ch4
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