Polyethylene (PE)
Polyethylene (PE) is the most usable plastic family in the world. This type of plastic, has the simplest plastic polymer chemical structure, which makes its processing very easy and cheap.
Polyethylene is a thermoplastic polymer with a variable crystal structure and a wide range of applications based on its specific type. In other words, PE is a homopolymer, because it is composed of a unit monomer compound.
Commercial process (Ziegler-Natta catalysts) which led polyethylene to such a success, was developed in the 1950s by Mr. Karl Ziegler from Germany and Mrs. Julio Natta from Italy.
PE is made by reaction of several ethylene molecules in catalyst presence to break the double bond and connecting the carbon atoms to a chain.
Polyethylene will be usable in products packing such as clear food wrap and shopping bags to detergent packaging and motor fuel tanks. PE are also used in produce toys, trash bins, plastic packaging like as milk and juice packaging, laundry detergents packaging.
Polyethylene Types
Polyethylene Types include:
1) High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
2) Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
3) Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)
4) Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMW)
5) Medium Density polyethylene (MDPE)
6) Polyethylene Wax (ULMWPE or PE-WAX)
7) High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (HMWPE)
8) High-Density Cross-Linked polyethylene (HDXLPE)
9) Cross Linking Polyethylene (PEX or XLPE)
10) Very Low-Density Polyethylene (VLDPE)
11) Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE)
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