Polyethylene :- Types, Application, Properties, structure & Uses.......S.S
Polyethylene : Types, Uses, Properties, Application & Structure info Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE ; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene) ) is the most common plastic in use today. It is a linear , man-made , addition , homo -polymer, primarily used for packaging ( plastic bags , plastic films , geomembranes , containers including bottles , etc.). As of 2017, over 100 million tonnes of polyethylene resins are being produced annually, accounting for 34% of the total plastics market. [5] [6] Many kinds of polyethylene are known, with most having the chemical formula (C 2 H 4 ) n . PE is usually a mixture of similar polymers of ethylene , with various values of n . It can be low density or high density : low density polyethylene is extrudedusing high pressure (1000-5000 atm) and high tem...