POLYMER'S APPLICATIONS AND DEFECTS

  • Polymers are enormously versatile. Their resistance to electrical conduction has made them ideal for coatings and insulation. Some, with a very high melting point, are also used to thermally insulate kitchen utensils. In other cases, they are suitable construction materials for coatings and waterproofing, or as a structural material.

  • Many petroleum-derived polymers are the raw material for making plastics of all kinds and functions, from containers, tools, parts, toys, etc.
  • Idustrial polymers often have defects, which have to do with non-homoeneous distribution of their monomers, or the contamination of the chain with elements foreign to the substance. These defects are usually not visible to the naked eye and require examination by LUMOS microscopes

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