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The plant manufactures styrene monomer, an industrial chemical used to make plastics as diverse as utensils and insulation.
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
Clean factories would reformulate the plastics into monomers that could be used again.
—William McDonough, Scientific American, 1 July 2017
These monomers each include a new cap so that only one molecule gets added to each strand.
—Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
Polymers are formed by chemical reactions among subunits called monomers, which can link up to create a gel like the type used in gummy candies.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 June 2023
When they’re hit by intense sunlight, the dimers break apart into two monomers again.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
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On April 14, DuPont announced Kevlar EXO, a new variant on Kevlar that incorporates a third monomer molecule into its fibrous composition.
—Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
But because they are made of different molecular building blocks, called monomers, they must be sorted into different streams before they can be melted to make new products.
—Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
Just as soap brings together oil and water, these cross-linkers (when applied under heat) form covalent molecular bonds that tether the diverse monomers together.
—Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
Clean factories would reformulate the plastics into monomers that could be used again.
—William McDonough, Scientific American, 1 July 2017
These monomers each include a new cap so that only one molecule gets added to each strand.
—Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
Polymers are formed by chemical reactions among subunits called monomers, which can link up to create a gel like the type used in gummy candies.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 June 2023
When they’re hit by intense sunlight, the dimers break apart into two monomers again.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Grand Award Winner, Emergency Service and Defense Kevlar EXO by Dupont: Lighter body armor
Learn More
On April 14, DuPont announced Kevlar EXO, a new variant on Kevlar that incorporates a third monomer molecule into its fibrous composition.
—Popular Science, 29 Nov. 2023
But because they are made of different molecular building blocks, called monomers, they must be sorted into different streams before they can be melted to make new products.
—Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
Just as soap brings together oil and water, these cross-linkers (when applied under heat) form covalent molecular bonds that tether the diverse monomers together.
—Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
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“Monomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monomer. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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