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Plastics and Polymers *suitable for home teaching*
This film, from Twig World, looks at how plastics are made and how they can be manipulated to have very different functions. The key points made in the film are: •Plastics are synthetic materials called polymers. •Polymers are made of small molecules called monomers obtained from crude oil. •The plastic's properties depend on how the polymer chains are arranged. •Plastics are used in an enormous variety of products like bags and milk bottles.
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Plastics and polymers transcript 50.5 KB
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Common polymers 99.67 KB
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Ethylene 189.16 KB
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Nylon fibres 370.78 KB
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Plastic bottles 194.44 KB
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Polymer crosslink 203.73 KB
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Polymer 149.69 KB
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Polymerisation of ethene 65.69 KB
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Plastics and polymers transcript 50.5 KB -
Common polymers 99.67 KB -
Ethylene 189.16 KB
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Nylon fibres 370.78 KB
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Plastic bottles 194.44 KB
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Polymer crosslink 203.73 KB
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Polymer 149.69 KB
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Polymerisation of ethene 65.69 KB
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