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From DNA to Silly Putty, the diverse world of polymers - Jan Mattingly

From DNA to Silly Putty, the diverse world of polymers - Jan Mattingly

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and it turns out, we just can't live without them. Polymers occur both naturally our DNA is a polymer and synthetically, like plastic, Silly Putty and styrofoam. Jan Mattingly explains how polymers have changed our world. Lesson by Jan Mattingly
Date: 2020-08-22

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Why aren't we incinerating our MSW? It allows us to produce electricity with our waste, if done correctly it doesn't necessarily means that any significant amount of fly ash should be released and when we send them directly to the dump they tend to produce methane as they decompose, enough to cause about as much greenhouse effect as the CO2 we would release burning them.
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polymers need to be exposed of by burning them, not being sent to a landfill. that is how we come across shortages in materials. when you burn the material it completely separates all bonds and you are left with the base of the molecule carbon. this will allow for the natural creation of certain materials.
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Hemp would put the plastic & oil companies out of business. The system doesn't work that way so now the planet is stuck with trash looooong after we implode & cease to exist.
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I'm allergic to vinyl and it doesn't carry a warning. My days are trying to avoid touching stuff. I hope one day they put warnings on products like they do with latex: (
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What isn't a polymer? Isn't everything made up of repetitive molecules a polymer? So everything that consists of two or more types of elements is a polymer?
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Anyone else from Ms. Eichenlaub's class (Hermosa Valley) here? If so, what period are you in? I want to see how many of us checked the comments. I'm Period 5 btw
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I am currently writing a research paper on plastics for my World Issues class. Thank you for creating this when you did and making it so helpful! :D
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