Formosa Plastics Corporation, USA: Olefins Fire and Explosions in 2005 1.0 INTRODUCTION Accidents are an inevitable part of life. Children learn this at an early age by bumping their head, scraping their knees, or falling off the swings. They learn that sometimes painful experiences just happen, seemingly without cause or reason. These children carry these lessons into adulthood, and then project their tolerance for accidents onto their families and occupation. The chemical industry, while
a rigid frame called a mould. A mould is a hollow box which is made from a pattern.While working a mould is filled with raw material like plastic ,glass, metal etc.The liquid cools down into the mould and gets harder adopting its shape. TYPES OF MOULDING Ijection moulding Foam moulding Extrusion moulding Compression moulding Blow moulding Marix moulding Plastic moulding Vaccum plus asssist moulding INJECTION MOULDING DEFINITION It is a process for giving a particular image to a pliable raw material
Rubberized and Coir Industries Mattresses industries are rubberized industries which are mainly y deals with converting latex into rubber sheet, which are further used for making tyres, rails, bands etc. . . . graded and qualit y latex are further converted in t=o output which are mattresses pillows etc. . Coir and fibre industries are other main raw materials in the mattresses industries. A majority y of the population in Kerala are the workers in Leith into coir. Coconut fibre which is in the
protiens, DNA, RNA, latex, rubber, hair, spider silk, cellulose, wood and many more. Polymers manufactured are called synthetic polymers. They are formed by natural polymers such as Rayon from cellulose , Nylon from synthetic spider silk, rubber and plastics form rubber tree latex and cellulose, etc. They mostly look like spaghetti. MOLECULAR WEIGHT : Molecular masses of polymers are not fixed they cover a range of values. Since polymer molecules have different lengths so their molecular weight is
Introduction: Light Olefins such as ethylene and propylene are extremely important chemical intermediates, produced through cracking of various hydrocarbon feeds, which are used to produce a wide range of chemical products, such as various polymers, as well as a wide range of smaller chemicals. After cracking, olefin molecules need to be separated from their corresponding paraffin molecules. The olefins are also important for petrochemical industries due to their use as main building blocks for
Manufacturing Process Geofoam is any material or product that has a closed-cell structure that was created either in a fixed plant or in situ by an expansion process. Although most geofoam materials are polymeric (plastic) in composition, other materials such as Portland cement concrete (PCC) or glass have been and are used. Most geofoam materials are polymeric with polystyrene foams being the most common. The two types of polystyrene foam are expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS)
Plastic Pollution and its Consequences. The world population is living, working, and vacationing along the coasts. They are contributing to an unprecedented tide of plastic waste. Pollution is defined as the process that alters a substance or molecule on planet earth, the pollution is caused by the physical contact of an organic decaying particle with a clean particle in the same spot, at the time the two particles join together is when occurs pollution in which the environment is greatly altered
me what you eat, and I will tell what kind of man you are,” a famous quote by the lawyer, gastronomist, and author, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Although proper recycling is probably the goal of many people, there are some who still overstuff a plastic garbage bag for the trash guys to pick-up. According to Edward Humes in his book, “Garbology, Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash,” newspapers make up point six percent of the nation's landfills, but paper contributes twenty-eight point two percent.”
What is BPA? According to WebMD: BPA is a chemical that has been used to harden plastics for more than 40 years. It's everywhere. It's in medical devices, compact discs, dental sealants, water bottles, the lining of canned foods and drinks, and many other products.More than 90% of us have BPA in our bodies right now. We get most of it by eating foods that have been in containers made with BPA. It's also possible to pick up BPA through air, dust, and water.BPA was common in baby bottles, sippy cups
Bisphenol A otherwise known as BPA is a manmade polymer that could have been found in most plastics until it was tested that BPA mimics estrogen. Bisphenol A was a key ingredient in the development of many polycarbonates such as DVDs, capacitors, some modern bumpers for cars, toys and water bottles. Bisphenol A has one main property that made it stand out from other competitors, it was a clear plastic. [1] This is really important because when adding the “building blocks” to a system, the system
Have you ever been out in nature and seen garbage where it shouldn't be? Most of this garbage is composed of man-made plastic materials that take a long time to break down. It can take up to 1000 years for plastic to decompose in landfills. It is estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the sea. That is only 33 years away! The practice of zero waste can help diminish the amount of waste in landfills which in turn protects the wildlife, the environment, and people. What exactly
smaller molecules joined together as sub units, known as monomers. They portray a huge role in society as they tend to make up most plastics used ranging from plastic shopping bags to styrofoam. Polymers can be found naturally an example being DNA the building blocks of life but most usable polymers are man made (American Chemistry Council, n.d). The polymers in plastics widely used by society today are known as homopolymers, as they are the product of two or more identical monomers that have undergone
2.3 Glass Fibers It is a versatile modern industrial material made of Silica in the form of numerous extremely fine filaments. These fibers might be finer than human hair many times and seem in appearance and feel as silk. It is a light weight material and very strong with favorable bulk strength compared with metals and it can be easily formed by means of molding processes. GF is the most prevail fiber reinforcement that used in construction and among the most adaptable industrial materials. They
Plastics play a big role in our lives. The use of plastic has grown exponentially over the past decade. A few reasons why the demand for plastic is so high are due to its strength, very low-density, long shelf life, fabrication abilities and low cost. Plastic are used for packaging, industrial and automotive applications, artificial implants, healthcare, water treatment, conservation of land and soil, housing , security systems, and many others (Siddique, Khatib, & IKaur, 2007). The world’s annual
pollution affects us, how it affects marine life, what companies affect it the most, and what people are doing to help. There are many causes for water pollution. The main one is plastics. The reason for that is that plastics take four hundred and fifty years to decompose in the water. Also many companies use plastic and people throw it in the waterways. Because water can float and be carried by the wind, it can cause harm to unsuspecting creatures hundreds of feet from where it was originally
Ocean, Home of Plastics Passing through an aisle of a regular supermarket, customers will observe that most of the products in there are made of or packed with the base material plastic. Usually, the bag that will be used to carry the products bought from the supermarket will also be made of plastic. It is important to consider that every piece of plastic that has ever been created still exists today in some structure. A study from the World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation anticipated
Ocean Plastic Pollution I chose to discuss Ocean Plastic Pollution. I retrieved an article from the LiveScience.com which is a website that covers scientific news. The author of the article I chose, “Plastic Trash in Oceans May Be ‘Vastly’ Underestimated”, is Jeanna Bryner who is the LiveScience Managing Editor. She is part of the LiveScience organization. This article was published April 27th, 2012. The mission of the report is to inform the general public that plastic debris in the ocean is increasing
Pectin is a complicated branched structure of acidic structural polysaccharides, established in fruits and bast fibers. Most of the structure consists of homopolymeric partially methylated poly-α-(1-4)-D-galacturonic acid residues, but there are substantial 'hairy' non-gelling areas of alternating α-(1-2)-L-rhamnosyl-α-(1-4)-Dgalacturonosyl sections containing branch-points with mostly neutral side chains (1-20 residues) of mainly L-arabinose and D-galactose (rhamnogalacturonan-I). Pectin is the
Plastic bottles are everywhere, whether they are soda bottles, water bottles or even reusable bottles. Each year the number of plastic bottles filling up landfills is increasing by a considerable amount, which is a serious problem and can result in grave consequences for the environment. The average time estimated for a plastic bottle to decompose is approximately seven hundred years. One way to solve this problem is to recycle plastic bottles into the polyester by a process called polymerization
would actually be pretty dangerous. After what happened to their client the bar decided to switch from glasses and glass bottles to polymer ones, which don’t shatter, they are so strong that they are bulletproof. “Doctors want drinks to be served in plastic to stop 'glassing' Up to 300 people a week are believed to be injured when glasses are used as weapons in pub brawls.” (BBC, News, Society, Health) So polycarbonate is definitely solving a big safety issue. Glass used in bars is not the only problem