May 1, 2009 | Article
This second Community Insight is having a closer look at one of the latest online service launched on SpecialChem4Polymers.com. Together with the other Community Pulse services R&D Highlights have...
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Apr 6, 2009 | Article
By Jennifer Markarian
The terms "biodegradable" and "compostable" are defined in official EN, ASTM, and ISO testing standards, but they are not necessarily well understood by the public or even by the plastics industry...
Apr 1, 2009 | Article
This first Community Insight details how the SpecialChem4Polymers global community behaved with one of the trendy topics among the polymer fillers market: Natural Fibers...
Mar 30, 2009 | Article
'Bioplastics' is an industry-accepted term, although its definition is not always clear. There is a Bioplastics Magazine, a "Green and Bio-Plastics" channel on Omnexus, and many bioplastics...
Mar 24, 2009 | Article
Biopolymers derived from renewable biomass sources ensure the conservation of fossil resources, the utilisation of renewable vegetal resources with its geopolitics involvements, the consumption of...
Mar 10, 2009 | Article
Most common fillers and reinforcements have a micrometric size and must be used at levels in the order of 10% and more.From a strictly geometrical point of view, the size reduction of a particle...
Feb 24, 2009 | Article
Polymers have often an hydrophobic and soft surface with a somewhat unappealing look and a low surface tension, which is harmful for adhesion of inks, paints and other coating, adhesive joining...
Jan 7, 2009 | Article
Recycling means the reuse of the waste materials in a production process for the original purpose or for other purposes excluding energy recovery. Reprocessing can be done using mechanical or...
The manufacture of parts and goods needs polymers, additives, reinforcements consuming raw materials and energy, and producing pollution, carbon dioxide and other gases favouring the global warming...
Dec 24, 2008 | Article
Adhesive bonding is one of the main methods used to join 1. a material and a coating such as inks and paints for the most common 2. parts processed in two steps, for example injected tail lights in...