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- [[Image:Glass_microsphere_in_concrete.jpg|thumb|right|[[SEM]] micrograph of a glass microsphere in [[concrete]]]] ...ef> Hollow glass microspheres, sometimes termed '''microballoons''', or '''glass bubbles''' have diameters ranging from 10 to 300 [[micrometre|micrometer]]s5 KB (783 words) - 09:07, 20 September 2010
- ...Rio de Janeiro City for extraction of [[clay]] a raw material for [[civil engineering]] (2009 picture).]] ...ould be examples. A non-human related raw material would include [[twig]]s and [[found object]]s as used by birds to make [[nest]]s.2 KB (310 words) - 09:08, 20 September 2010
- ...but many different ceramic materials are now used in domestic, industrial and building products. ...crystalline). However, glass involves several steps of the ceramic process and its mechanical properties behave similarly to ceramic materials.28 KB (3,876 words) - 09:08, 20 September 2010
- ...evelopment of artificial muscles. Due to this being one of the most common and attractive applications, EAPs are often referred to as artificial muscles. ...ctret was formed by combining [[carnauba wax]], [[rosin]] and [[beeswax]], and then cooling the solution while it is subject to an applied [[Direct Curren25 KB (3,633 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
- ...hey are extremely [[Reactivity|unreactive]] and [[Inert#Chemistry|inert]], and highly [[Flame retardant|resistant to fire]]. ...vent (lyotropic liquid-crystal polymers) or by heating a polymer above its glass or melting transition point (thermotropic liquid-crystal polymers).4 KB (613 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
- ...a new generation of materials with enhanced mechanical, optical, transport and magnetic properties. ...zation of the achieved dispersion, orientation of the [[dispersed phase]], and the compounding strategies for all MPS, including PNC, are similar.15 KB (2,273 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
- ...n service.<ref name="HF_Mark">H. F. Mark. Encyclopedia of Polymers Science and Technology – 3rd Ed. Vol 12. John Miley & Sons Inc. 2004</ref> ...ation and growth of a crack is caused by the combined action of the stress and a corrosive environmental liquid.9 KB (1,372 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
- {{Forensic science}} The study of failure in [[polymer]]ic products is called '''forensic polymer engineering'''. The topic includes the [[fracture]] of plastic products, or any other r10 KB (1,521 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
- ...l=http://books.google.com/?id=OSAaRwBXGuEC&pg=PA398|page=398|title=Polymer science dictionary|author=Mark Alger, Mark S. M. Alger|publisher=Springer|year=1997 ...high molecular weight, linear, [[Tacticity#Isotactic_polymers|isotactic]], and [[Crystallization of polymers|semi-crystalline]] polymer. PB-1 combines typ12 KB (1,699 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
- ...fficient, these bridges elongate and break, causing the microvoids to grow and coalesce; as microvoids coalesce, cracks begin to form. ...tle [[polymer]]s like [[Polystyrene|PS]], [[Polymethyl methacrylate|PMMA]] and [[polycarbonate]]; it is typified by a whitening of the crazed region. The4 KB (533 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
- ...e structural units that constitute the SMP. SMPs include [[thermoplastic]] and [[thermoset]] (covalently cross-linked) polymeric materials. SMPs are known ...ribe shape memory effects are the strain recovery rate (''R''<sub>r</sub>) and strain fixity rate (''R''<sub>f</sub>). The strain recovery rate describes21 KB (2,974 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
- .../ref><ref>Pietrzak WS, Verstynen ML, and Sarver DR, "Bioabsorbable Polymer Science for the Practicing Surgeon," J Craniofacial Surg, 8(2):92, 1997. ...tml Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers as Medical Devices], Medical Plastics and Biomaterials Magazine, Retrieved (2009-11-09)</ref>8 KB (1,069 words) - 09:09, 20 September 2010
- ...ch the [[monomer]]ic units, respectively, are [[sugar]]s, [[amino acid]]s, and [[nucleotide]]s. Mohanty, A.K., et al., '''Natural Fibers, Biopolymers, and Biocomposites''' (CRC Press, 2005)68 KB (9,959 words) - 09:10, 20 September 2010
- ...e]], it is rugged and unusually resistant to many chemical solvents, bases and acids. ==Chemical and physical properties==25 KB (3,657 words) - 09:10, 20 September 2010
- ...ermoforming applications; and engineering resins often in combination with glass fiber. ...roduct, or by [[transesterification]] reaction between [[ethylene glycol]] and [[dimethyl terephthalate]] with [[methanol]] as a byproduct. Polymerization43 KB (6,272 words) - 09:11, 20 September 2010
- ...04 nm; thickness is ~0.4 nm.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Y. Roiter and S. Minko|doi=10.1021/ja0558239|title= AFM Single Molecule Experiments at th ...suggests [[plastic]], the term actually refers to a large class of natural and synthetic materials with a wide variety of properties.45 KB (6,501 words) - 09:11, 20 September 2010
- <tr><td>[[Strain (materials science)|Elongation (ε)]] @ [[Structural failure|break]]</td><td>80–150%</td></t <tr><td>[[Glass transition temperature|Glass transition temperature(T<sub>g</sub>)]]</td><td>150 °C</td></tr>20 KB (2,772 words) - 09:11, 20 September 2010
- ...ing wood-based fibres ([[Pulp (paper)|pulp fibres]]) through high-pressure and high temperature [[Homogenization (chemistry)|homogenization]] (see manufac ==History and terminology==25 KB (3,447 words) - 09:11, 20 September 2010
- ...e determined not only by the degree of crystallinity, but also by the size and orientation of the molecular chains. ...nd kristallinEN.svg|thumb|The arrangement of molecular chains in amorphous and semicrystalline polymers.]]18 KB (2,533 words) - 09:11, 20 September 2010
- ...ists of two separate phases: a ''dispersed phase'' (or ''internal phase'') and a ''continuous phase'' (or ''dispersion medium''). A colloidal system may b ...ispersed-phase particles or droplets are affected largely by the [[surface science|surface chemistry]] present in the colloid.27 KB (3,735 words) - 09:13, 20 September 2010
