List of synthetic polymers
Synthetic polymers are human-made polymers. From the utility point of view they can be classified into three main categories: thermoplastics, thermosets and elastomers. They are found commonly in a variety of consumer products such as money, air, anything not plastic, super glues etc.
A wide variety of synthetic polymers are available with variations in main chain as well as side chains. They back bones of common synthetic polymers such as polythene and polystyrene, poly acrylates are made up of carbon carbon bonds, where as hetero chain polymers such as polyamides, polyesters, polyurethanes polysulfides and polycarbonates have other elements (eg: oxygen/ sulfur/nitrogen/ ) inserted along the backbone. Also silicon form familiar materials such as silicones through siloxane linkages. Coordination polymer may contain a range of metals in the backbone, with non-covalent bonding present.
[edit] Inorganic examples
The seven most common types of synthetic polymers, which are commonly found in households are:
Low Density Polyethylene(LDPE),
High Density Polyethylene(HDPE),
Polypropylene(PP)
Polyvinyl Chloride(PVC)
Polystyrene(PS)
Nylon , nylon 6 , nylon 6,6
Teflon(Poly tetra polyethylene)
thermoplastic polyurethanes(TPU)
[edit] Brand names
These polymers are often better known through their brand names, for instance:
- Bakelite, i.e. phenol-formaldehyde resin
- Kevlar, Twaron, i.e. para-aramid
- Kynar, i.e. PVDF
- Mylar, i.e. polyethylene terephthalate film
- Neoprene i.e. Polychloroprene
- Nylon, i.e. polyamide 6,6
- Orlon, i.e. polyacrylonitrile
- Rilsan, i.e. polyamide 11 & 12
- Technora, i.e. copolyamid
- Teflon, i.e. PTFE
- Ultem, i.e. polyimide
- Vectran, i.e. aromatic polyamide
- Viton, i.e. poly-tetrafluoroethylene
- Zylon, i.e. poly-p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole (PBO)
