Oxazolidines as Latent Curing Agents

Thursday, July 19, 2012

The Usage of Polymers

Polymer is considered to be an interlinking of many units. It can be compared to the paper garland that is made of interlinked pieces of paper. In the cases of papers the interlinking units of the carbon, hydrogen, oxygen or the silicone molecules can be used. Each link of the chain that is present is termed as “mer” or the basic unit so it is called as polymers.

Polymers are long chains where the chemical units are repeated or are monomers. The chemical structure of the resultant molecule can be linear, cyclic or it can be branched. When a single monomer is linked to other monomers of the same type then the resultant product is known as homopolymer.

If there are more types of monomers that are linked then it is called copolymers or dipolymers. The monomers in this scenario are arranged in a statistical, random or in an alternating manner.

With development and advancement and advancement in technology there are new patents that are used for novel molecules and they have some latest innovations like waterborne polyurethane, polyurethane dispersion, flame retardant polymers etc.

Natural polymers like tar, shellac, tortoise shell and horns produce amber and latex. These polymers are processed with the help of heat and pressure into something useful like hair ornaments and jewelry. Products like Waterborne polyurethane, polyurethane dispersion are quite useful and effective too.