Other articles where polymethylene is discussed: major industrial polymers: Polyethylene (PE): …Bamberger and Friedrich Tschirner as polymethylene ([CH2]n), a polymer that is virtually identical to polyethylene. In 1935 the British chemists Eric Fawcett and Reginald Gibson obtained waxy, solid PE while trying to react ethylene with benzaldehyde at high pressure. Because the product had little potential use, development was slow. As…
Our lives are shaped by plastic from the moment we wake up in the morning until we fall asleep at night. Have you ever wondered when this ubiquitous material became a mass-marketed sensation that revolutionized the world as we know it?Plastic, thanks to its versatility and low cost, has been the dominant material since the […]