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Man-made polymers are used in a bewildering array of applications: food packaging, films, fibers, tubing, pipes, etc. The personal care industry also uses polymers to aid in texture of products, binding, and moisture retention (e.g. in hair gel and conditioners).

1 Examples

A non-exhaustive list of these ubiquitous materials includes:

• acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
• polyamide (PA)
• polybutadiene
• poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT)
• polycarbonate
• poly(ether sulphone) (PES, PES/PEES)
• poly(ether ether ketone)s (PEEK, PES/PEEK)
• polyethylene (PE)
• poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)
• poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
• polyimidePolyimide is a polymer of imide monomers. The structure of imide is as shown below. There are two general types of polyimides. One type, so called linear polyimides, are made by combining imides into long chains. Aromatic heterocyclic polyimides are the o
• polypropylenePolypropylene is a thermoplastic polymer, used in a wide variety of applications, including Australian banknotes. Polypropylene is unusually resistant to many chemical solvents, bases and acids. Polypropylene can be manufactured to a high degree of purity (PP)
• polytetrafluoroethylene ( PTFE)
• polystyrenePolystyrene Density1050 kg/m3 Electrical conductivity(σ)10-16 (m· ohm)-1 Thermal conductivity0. 08 W/(m·K) Polystyrene is a polymer made from styrene, a liquid that is commercially manufactured from petroleum, although it is also found in plants. ( PSPS or ps may stand for: A picosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10-12 of a second. Pashto language ( ISO 639 alpha-2, ps postscript (most commonly), a portion of a letter labelled P. added after the main body of the letter was written. It stands for pos)
• styrene acrylonitrile (SAN)
• poly(trimethylene terephthalate) ( PTTPTT may stand for: Postal Telegraph and Telephone (several) Postal Telephone and Telegraph (several) Public Telegraph and Telephone (several) Public Telephone and Telegraph (several) Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone (Iran) Part task trainer (mili)
• polyurethane (PU)
• polyvinylchloride (PVC)
• polyvinyldifluorine ( PVDF)
• poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP)

2 Brand names

These polymers are often better known through their brand names, for instance:

• Kevlar
• Kynar, e.g. PVDF
• Mylar, e.g. polyethylene terephthalate
• Nylon, e.g. polyamide 6,6
• Rilsan , e.g. polyamide 11 & 12
• Teflon, e.g. PTFE
• Ultem, e.g. polyimide
• Vectran
• Viton
• Zylon

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