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    Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. It is produced via chain-growth polymerization...
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  • Polypropylene raffia, or PP raffia is a packaging material made from weaving ribbons of oriented polypropylene. It is named after the raffia palm, which...
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    Polypropylene breast implants, also known as string breast implants, are a form of breast implant using polypropylene developed by Gerald W. Johnson....
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    Polypropylene carbonate (PPC), a copolymer of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide, is a thermoplastic material. Catalysts like zinc glutarate are used...
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  • The introduction of Polypropylene drums permitted the routine commercial use of a range of highly corrosive chemicals in the tanning industry, for processes...
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    Polypropylene glycol or polypropylene oxide is the polymer (or macromolecule) of propylene glycol. Chemically it is a polyether, and, more generally speaking...
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    Polymethylene polyphenylene isocyanate (PPI), is a polyurea-based polymer derived from isocyanate monomers that is used in some glues, aerosol foams, plastics...
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  • called atactic. Both isotactic and syndiotactic polypropylene are crystalline, whereas atactic polypropylene, which can also be prepared with special Ziegler–Natta...
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    wide temperature range, or ability to withstand very high voltages. Polypropylene film capacitors are specified because of their low electrical losses...
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    macromolecules with at least 95% m diads if that looser usage is explained. Polypropylene formed by Ziegler–Natta catalysis is an example of an isotactic polymer...
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  • series celebrating "British Design Classics". Both the Polypropylene Chair and the Polypropylene Armchair (1967) were designed to accommodate a wide range...
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    The Monobloc chair is a lightweight stackable polypropylene chair, usually white in color, often described as the world's most common plastic chair. The...
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    The polypropylene stacking chair or polyprop[citation needed] is a chair manufactured in an injection moulding process using polypropylene. It was designed...
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  • polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or isotactic polypropylene (PP). Whether or not polymers can crystallize depends on their molecular...
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  • olefins (alkenes). Dominant in a commercial sense are polyethylene and polypropylene. More specialized polyolefins include polyisobutylene and polymethylpentene...
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  • In the mid-to-late-1950s, atactic polypropylene (APP) was a by-product of the synthesis of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) using first and early second...
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    Prolene is a brand of synthetic polypropylene used in monofilament nonabsorbable sutures and meshes. The suture is indicated for skin closure and general...
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    known for her extremely large breast implants. Mounds' implants are polypropylene string breast implants, which irritate the breast tissue, causing the...
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    make the bag resistant to specific chemicals.[citation needed] Woven polypropylene bags are extremely durable and can be used in dry and wet conditions...
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    1949, Fritz Stastny turned polystyrene into foam. After World War II, polypropylene was discovered in the early 1950s. In 1965, Stephanie Kwolek invented...
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    020 steel strapping coil yields approximately 19.6 feet per pound. Polypropylene strap (oriented or tensilized) is an economical material designed for...
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    application of PC. Polypropylene (PP) PP is used primarily for jars and closures. It is rigid and is a barrier to moisture. Polypropylene is stable at temperatures...
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    wood fiber/wood flour and thermoplastic(s) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polylactic acid (PLA). In addition...
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    versions of these sacks are often made from synthetic fabrics such as polypropylene. The word gunny, meaning coarse fabric, is of Indo-Aryan origin. Reusable...
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  • Islets in Pink Polypropylene is the debut studio album by English visual artist and experimental composer Anthony Manning, released on 1 December 1994...
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    Polychloroprene foam or Neoprene Polyimide foam Polypropylene (PP) foam, including expanded polypropylene (EPP) and polypropylene paper (PPP) Polystyrene#Foams (PS)...
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    of LDPE Metalized polypropylene film is a commonly used snack pack material. Kinder Joy shell made of polypropylene A polypropylene chair Stools made...
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    and jute and of synthetic materials, such as polyester, nylon, and polypropylene. Ribbon is used for useful, ornamental, and symbolic purposes. Cultures...
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  • content from 11% to 55%. Resilient flooring products, such as PVC and polypropylene are becoming more popular in specialty applications such as trailer...
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  • Turkey. It is involved in a major petrochemicals project to develop a polypropylene plant in Hatay on the south Mediterranean coast of Turkey to reduce...
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