We are working to restore the Unionpedia app on the Google Play Store
OutgoingIncoming
🌟We've simplified our design for better navigation!
Instagram Facebook X LinkedIn

Polyethylene terephthalate

Index Polyethylene terephthalate

Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, and thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fibre for engineering resins. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 150 relations: Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, Acetaldehyde, Aliphatic compound, Amorphous solid, Antimony, Antimony trioxide, Arene substitution pattern, Aromaticity, Ars Technica, Bacillus, Base (chemistry), Bioplastic, Bis(2-Hydroxyethyl) terephthalate, Blister pack, Blow molding, Bond cleavage, BoPET, Calico Printers' Association, Carbonation, Catalysis, Celsius, Centrifugation, Charpy impact test, Chloroform, Clamshell (container), Cobalt, Condensation polymer, Copolymer, Cross-link, Crystallinity, Crystallite, Crystallization of polymers, Cyclohexanedimethanol, Depolymerization, Diethylene glycol, Diffusion, Dimethyl terephthalate, Disinfectant, Distillation, Drawing (manufacturing), DuPont, Endocrine disruptor, Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Ester, Esterase, Ethanol, Ethylene, Ethylene glycol, Evaporation, ... Expand index (100 more) »

  2. Flexible electronics
  3. Polyesters
  4. Terephthalate esters
  5. Transparent materials

Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union

The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union

Acetaldehyde

Acetaldehyde (IUPAC systematic name ethanal) is an organic chemical compound with the formula CH3 CHO, sometimes abbreviated as MeCHO.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Acetaldehyde

Aliphatic compound

In organic chemistry, hydrocarbons (compounds composed solely of carbon and hydrogen) are divided into two classes: aromatic compounds and aliphatic compounds (G. aleiphar, fat, oil).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Aliphatic compound

Amorphous solid

In condensed matter physics and materials science, an amorphous solid (or non-crystalline solid) is a solid that lacks the long-range order that is characteristic of a crystal.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Amorphous solid

Antimony

Antimony is a chemical element; it has symbol Sb and atomic number 51.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Antimony

Antimony trioxide

Antimony(III) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Sb2O3.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Antimony trioxide

Arene substitution pattern

Arene substitution patterns are part of organic chemistry IUPAC nomenclature and pinpoint the position of substituents other than hydrogen in relation to each other on an aromatic hydrocarbon.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Arene substitution pattern

Aromaticity

In organic chemistry, aromaticity is a chemical property describing the way in which a conjugated ring of unsaturated bonds, lone pairs, or empty orbitals exhibits a stabilization stronger than would be expected by the stabilization of conjugation alone.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Aromaticity

Ars Technica

Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Ars Technica

Bacillus

Bacillus (Latin "stick") is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum Bacillota, with 266 named species.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Bacillus

Base (chemistry)

In chemistry, there are three definitions in common use of the word "base": Arrhenius bases, Brønsted bases, and Lewis bases.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Base (chemistry)

Bioplastic

Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Bioplastic

Bis(2-Hydroxyethyl) terephthalate

Bis(2-Hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET) is an organic compound; it is the ester of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid. Polyethylene terephthalate and Bis(2-Hydroxyethyl) terephthalate are terephthalate esters.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Bis(2-Hydroxyethyl) terephthalate

Blister pack

A blister pack is any of several types of pre-formed plastic packaging used for small consumer goods, foods, and for pharmaceuticals.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Blister pack

Blow molding

Blow molding (or moulding) is a manufacturing process for forming hollow plastic parts.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Blow molding

Bond cleavage

In chemistry, bond cleavage, or bond fission, is the splitting of chemical bonds.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Bond cleavage

BoPET

BoPET (biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate) is a polyester film made from stretched polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and is used for its high tensile strength, chemical stability, dimensional stability, transparency, reflectivity when metallized, gas and moisture barrier properties, and electrical insulation. Polyethylene terephthalate and BoPET are food packaging, plastics, polyesters and terephthalate esters.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and BoPET

Calico Printers' Association

The Calico Printers' Association Ltd was a British textile company founded in 1899, from the amalgamation of 46 textile printing companies and 13 textile merchants.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Calico Printers' Association

Carbonation

Carbonation is the chemical reaction of carbon dioxide to give carbonates, bicarbonates, and carbonic acid.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Carbonation

Catalysis

Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Catalysis

Celsius

The degree Celsius is the unit of temperature on the Celsius temperature scale "Celsius temperature scale, also called centigrade temperature scale, scale based on 0 ° for the melting point of water and 100 ° for the boiling point of water at 1 atm pressure." (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in the International System of Units (SI), the other being the closely related Kelvin scale.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Celsius

Centrifugation

Centrifugation is a mechanical process which involves the use of the centrifugal force to separate particles from a solution according to their size, shape, density, medium viscosity and rotor speed.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Centrifugation

Charpy impact test

In materials science, the Charpy impact test, also known as the Charpy V-notch test, is a standardized high strain rate test which determines the amount of energy absorbed by a material during fracture.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Charpy impact test

Chloroform

Chloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the formula and a common solvent.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Chloroform

Clamshell (container)

A clamshell is a one-piece container consisting of two halves joined by a hinge area which allows the structure to come together to close.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Clamshell (container)

Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Cobalt

Condensation polymer

In polymer chemistry, condensation polymers are any kind of polymers whose process of polymerization involves a condensation reaction (i.e. a small molecule, such as water or methanol, is produced as a byproduct).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Condensation polymer

Copolymer

In polymer chemistry, a copolymer is a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Copolymer

emanate, and formed by reactions involving sites or groups on existingmacromolecules or by interactions between existing macromolecules.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Cross-link

Crystallinity

Crystallinity refers to the degree of structural order in a solid.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Crystallinity

Crystallite

A crystallite is a small or even microscopic crystal which forms, for example, during the cooling of many materials.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Crystallite

Crystallization of polymers

Crystallization of polymers is a process associated with partial alignment of their molecular chains. Polyethylene terephthalate and Crystallization of polymers are polymers.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Crystallization of polymers

Cyclohexanedimethanol

Cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) is a mixture of isomeric organic compounds with formula C6H10(CH2OH)2.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Cyclohexanedimethanol

Depolymerization

Depolymerization (or depolymerisation) is the process of converting a polymer into a monomer or a mixture of monomers. Polyethylene terephthalate and Depolymerization are polymers.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Depolymerization

Diethylene glycol

Diethylene glycol (DEG) is an organic compound with the formula (HOCH2CH2)2O.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Diethylene glycol

Diffusion

Diffusion is the net movement of anything (for example, atoms, ions, molecules, energy) generally from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Diffusion

Dimethyl terephthalate

Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) is an organic compound with the formula C6H4(COOCH3)2. Polyethylene terephthalate and Dimethyl terephthalate are Commodity chemicals and terephthalate esters.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Dimethyl terephthalate

Disinfectant

A disinfectant is a chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Disinfectant

Distillation

Distillation, also classical distillation, is the process of separating the component substances of a liquid mixture of two or more chemically discrete substances; the separation process is realized by way of the selective boiling of the mixture and the condensation of the vapors in a still.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Distillation

Drawing (manufacturing)

Drawing is a manufacturing process that uses tensile forces to elongate metal, glass, or plastic.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Drawing (manufacturing)

DuPont

DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and DuPont

Endocrine disruptor

Endocrine disruptors, sometimes also referred to as hormonally active agents, endocrine disrupting chemicals, or endocrine disrupting compounds are chemicals that can interfere with endocrine (or hormonal) systems.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Endocrine disruptor

Environmental Health Perspectives

Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a peer-reviewed open access journal published monthly with support from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Environmental Health Perspectives

Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts

Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of environmental science.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts

Ester

In chemistry, an ester is a functional group derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl group of that acid is replaced by an organyl group.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Ester

Esterase

In biochemistry, an esterase is a class of enzyme that splits esters into an acid and an alcohol in a chemical reaction with water called hydrolysis (and as such, it is a type of hydrolase).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Esterase

Ethanol

Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula. Polyethylene terephthalate and Ethanol are Commodity chemicals and Household chemicals.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Ethanol

Ethylene

Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or. Polyethylene terephthalate and Ethylene are Commodity chemicals.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Ethylene

Ethylene glycol

Ethylene glycol (IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol) is an organic compound (a vicinal diol) with the formula. Polyethylene terephthalate and Ethylene glycol are Commodity chemicals and Household chemicals.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Ethylene glycol

Evaporation

Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Evaporation

Federal Office of Public Health

The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) is the Swiss federal government's centre for public health and a part of the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Federal Office of Public Health

Fibre-reinforced plastic

Fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP; also called fibre-reinforced polymer, or in American English fiber) is a composite material made of a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres. Polyethylene terephthalate and fibre-reinforced plastic are plastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Fibre-reinforced plastic

Film base

A film base is a transparent substrate which acts as a support medium for the photosensitive emulsion that lies atop it.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Film base

Furfural

Furfural is an organic compound with the formula C4H3OCHO.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Furfural

Gas cylinder

A gas cylinder is a pressure vessel for storage and containment of gases at above atmospheric pressure.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Gas cylinder

Glass transition

The glass–liquid transition, or glass transition, is the gradual and reversible transition in amorphous materials (or in amorphous regions within semicrystalline materials) from a hard and relatively brittle "glassy" state into a viscous or rubbery state as the temperature is increased.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Glass transition

Helium

Helium (from lit) is a chemical element; it has symbol He and atomic number 2.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Helium

Hydrolase

In biochemistry, hydrolases constitute a class of enzymes that commonly function as biochemical catalysts that use water to break a chemical bond: This typically results in dividing a larger molecule into smaller molecules.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Hydrolase

Hydrolysis

Hydrolysis is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Hydrolysis

Hydrophobe

In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the physical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water (known as a hydrophobe).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Hydrophobe

Hygroscopy

Hygroscopy is the phenomenon of attracting and holding water molecules via either absorption or adsorption from the surrounding environment, which is usually at normal or room temperature.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Hygroscopy

Ideonella sakaiensis

Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium from the genus Ideonella and family Comamonadaceae capable of breaking down and consuming the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using it as both a carbon and energy source.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Ideonella sakaiensis

Imperial Chemical Industries

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Imperial Chemical Industries

Incineration

Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials. Polyethylene terephthalate and Incineration are English inventions.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Incineration

Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)

The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the UK IPO) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of The Patent Office.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Intrinsic viscosity

Intrinsic viscosity \left is a measure of a solute's contribution to the viscosity \eta of a solution.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Intrinsic viscosity

Isophthalic acid

Isophthalic acid is an organic compound with the formula C6H4(CO2H)2.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Isophthalic acid

John Rex Whinfield

John Rex Whinfield CBE (16 February 1901 in Sutton, Surrey, England – 6 July 1966 in Dorking, Surrey) was a British chemist.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and John Rex Whinfield

Joule

The joule (pronounced, or; symbol: J) is the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Joule

Magnetic tape

Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Magnetic tape

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Manchester

Metallised film

Metallised films (or metallized films) are polymer films coated with a thin layer of metal, usually aluminium. Polyethylene terephthalate and Metallised film are plastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Metallised film

Metalloid

A metalloid is a chemical element which has a preponderance of properties in between, or that are a mixture of, those of metals and nonmetals.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Metalloid

Methanol

Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH). Polyethylene terephthalate and Methanol are Commodity chemicals.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Methanol

Micrometre

The micrometre (Commonwealth English) as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling (SI standard prefix "micro-".

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Micrometre

Molar mass

In chemistry, the molar mass (or molecular weight) of a chemical compound is defined as the ratio between the mass and the amount of substance (measured in moles) of any sample of the compound.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Molar mass

Molecular mass

The molecular mass (m) is the mass of a given molecule.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Molecular mass

Monomer

A monomer (mono-, "one" + -mer, "part") is a molecule that can react together with other monomer molecules to form a larger polymer chain or three-dimensional network in a process called polymerization.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Monomer

Nanodiamond

Nanodiamonds, or diamond nanoparticles, are diamonds with a size below 100 nanometers.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Nanodiamond

Nanometre

molecular scale. The nanometre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: nm), or nanometer (American spelling), is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one billionth (short scale) of a meter (0.000000001 m) and to 1000 picometres.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Nanometre

Nathaniel Wyeth (inventor)

Nathaniel C. Wyeth (October 24, 1911 – July 4, 1990) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Nathaniel Wyeth (inventor)

Natural gas

Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Natural gas

Nitric acid

Nitric acid is the inorganic compound with the formula.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Nitric acid

Nocardia

Nocardia is a genus of weakly staining Gram-positive, catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacteria.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Nocardia

Norrish reaction

A Norrish reaction, named after Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, is a photochemical reaction taking place with ketones and aldehydes.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Norrish reaction

Nucleation

In thermodynamics, nucleation is the first step in the formation of either a new thermodynamic phase or structure via self-assembly or self-organization within a substance or mixture.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Nucleation

P-Xylene

p-Xylene (''para''-xylene) is an aromatic hydrocarbon.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and P-Xylene

Packaging

Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Packaging

Papermaking

Papermaking is the manufacture of paper and cardboard, which are used widely for printing, writing, and packaging, among many other purposes.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Papermaking

Pascal (unit)

The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the unit of pressure in the International System of Units (SI).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Pascal (unit)

PET bottle recycling

Although PET is used in several applications (principally textile fibres for apparel and upholstery, bottles and other rigid packaging, flexible packaging and electrical and electronic goods), as of 2022 only bottles are collected at a substantial scale.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and PET bottle recycling

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Petroleum

Phases of ice

The phases of ice are all possible states of matter for water as a solid.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Phases of ice

Phosphite anion

A phosphite anion or phosphite in inorganic chemistry usually refers to 2− but includes − (−).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Phosphite anion

Photo-oxidation of polymers

In polymer chemistry photo-oxidation (sometimes: oxidative photodegradation) is the degradation of a polymer surface due to the combined action of light and oxygen. Polyethylene terephthalate and photo-oxidation of polymers are polymers.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Photo-oxidation of polymers

Photovoltaics

Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Photovoltaics

Phthalates

Phthalates, or phthalate esters, are esters of phthalic acid.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Phthalates

Plastic

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Polyethylene terephthalate and Plastic are plastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Plastic

Plastic recycling

Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Plastic recycling

Polyamide

A polyamide is a polymer with repeating units linked by amide bonds. Polyethylene terephthalate and polyamide are thermoplastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyamide

Polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate

Polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate (PCT) is a thermoplastic polyester formed from the polycondensation of terephthalic acid and cyclohexanedimethanol. Polyethylene terephthalate and Polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate are polyesters, terephthalate esters and thermoplastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate

Polyester

Polyester is a category of polymers that contain one or two ester linkages in every repeat unit of their main chain. Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyester are polyesters and thermoplastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyester

Polyethylene

Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic. Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyethylene are Commodity chemicals, thermoplastics and transparent materials.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyethylene

Polyethylene terephthalate

Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, and thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fibre for engineering resins. Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyethylene terephthalate are Biomaterials, Commodity chemicals, English inventions, flexible electronics, food packaging, Household chemicals, plastics, polyesters, polymers, terephthalate esters, thermoplastics and transparent materials.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyethylene terephthalate

Polymer

A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits. Polyethylene terephthalate and polymer are polymers.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polymer

Polymer degradation

Polymer degradation is the reduction in the physical properties of a polymer, such as strength, caused by changes in its chemical composition.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polymer degradation

Polymer stabilizer

Polymer stabilizers (British English: polymer stabilisers) are chemical additives which may be added to polymeric materials, such as plastics and rubbers, to inhibit or retard their degradation.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polymer stabilizer

Polypropylene

Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications. Polyethylene terephthalate and Polypropylene are Commodity chemicals, food packaging, plastics and thermoplastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polypropylene

Polyvinyl alcohol

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH, PVA, or PVAl) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer. Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyvinyl alcohol are polymers.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyvinyl alcohol

Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride (alternatively: poly(vinyl chloride), colloquial: vinyl or polyvinyl; abbreviated: PVC) is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic polymer of plastic (after polyethylene and polypropylene). Polyethylene terephthalate and polyvinyl chloride are Commodity chemicals, food packaging, plastics and thermoplastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Polyvinyl chloride

Post-consumer waste

Post-consumer waste is a waste type produced by the end consumer of a material stream; that is, where the waste-producing use did not involve the production of another product.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Post-consumer waste

Pressure-sensitive tape

Pressure-sensitive tape or pressure-sensitive adhesive tape (PSA tape) is an adhesive tape that will stick with application of pressure, without the need for a solvent (such as water) or heat for activation.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Pressure-sensitive tape

Purified water

Purified water is water that has been mechanically filtered or processed to remove impurities and make it suitable for use.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Purified water

Relative viscosity

Relative viscosity (\eta_) (a synonym of "viscosity ratio") is the ratio of the viscosity of a solution (\eta) to the viscosity of the solvent used (\eta_s), The significance in Relative viscosity is that it can be analyzed the effect a polymer can have on a solution's viscosity such as increasing the solutions viscosity.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Relative viscosity

Residence time

The residence time of a fluid parcel is the total time that the parcel has spent inside a control volume (e.g.: a chemical reactor, a lake, a human body).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Residence time

Resin

In polymer chemistry and materials science, a resin is a solid or highly viscous substance of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Resin

Resin identification code

The ASTM International Resin Identification Coding System, often abbreviated RIC, is a set of symbols appearing on plastic products that identify the plastic resin out of which the product is made. Polyethylene terephthalate and resin identification code are polymers.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Resin identification code

Scientific Advice Mechanism

The Scientific Advice Mechanism is a service created by the European Commission which provides independent science advice on request directly to European Commissioners.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Scientific Advice Mechanism

Single crystal

In materials science, a single crystal (or single-crystal solid or monocrystalline solid) is a material in which the crystal lattice of the entire sample is continuous and unbroken to the edges of the sample, with no grain boundaries.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Single crystal

Soft drink

A soft drink (see § Terminology for other names) is any water-based flavored drink, usually but not necessarily carbonated, and typically including added sweetener.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Soft drink

Solar water disinfection

Solar water disinfection, in short SODIS, is a type of portable water purification that uses solar energy to make biologically-contaminated (e.g. bacteria, viruses, protozoa and worms) water safe to drink.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Solar water disinfection

Solvent

A solvent (from the Latin solvō, "loosen, untie, solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Solvent

Space blanket

A space blanket (also known as a Mylar blanket, emergency blanket, first aid blanket, safety blanket, thermal blanket, weather blanket, heat sheet, foil blanket, or shock blanket) is an especially low-weight, low-bulk blanket made of heat-reflective thin plastic sheeting.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Space blanket

Spherulite (polymer physics)

In polymer physics, spherulites (from Greek sphaira. Polyethylene terephthalate and spherulite (polymer physics) are polymers.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Spherulite (polymer physics)

Stoichiometry

Stoichiometry is the relationship between the weights of reactants and products before, during, and following chemical reactions.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Stoichiometry

Submarine cable

Submarine cable is any electrical cable that is laid on the seabed, although the term is often extended to encompass cables laid on the bottom of large freshwater bodies of water.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Submarine cable

Sunlight

Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Sunlight

Supercapacitor

doi-access.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Supercapacitor

Synthetic fiber

Synthetic fibers or synthetic fibres (in British English; see spelling differences) are fibers made by humans through chemical synthesis, as opposed to natural fibers that are directly derived from living organisms, such as plants (like cotton) or fur from animals.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Synthetic fiber

Tap water

Tap water (also known as running water, piped water or municipal water) is water supplied through a tap, a water dispenser valve.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Tap water

Terephthalic acid

Terephthalic acid is an organic compound with formula C6H4(CO2H)2. Polyethylene terephthalate and Terephthalic acid are Commodity chemicals.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Terephthalic acid

Thermal decomposition

Thermal decomposition, or thermolysis, is a chemical decomposition of a substance caused by heat.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Thermal decomposition

Thermal expansion

Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to increase in length, area, or volume, changing its size and density, in response to an increase in temperature (usually excluding phase transitions).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Thermal expansion

Thermal insulation

Thermal insulation is the reduction of heat transfer (i.e., the transfer of thermal energy between objects of differing temperature) between objects in thermal contact or in range of radiative influence.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Thermal insulation

Thermoforming

Thermoforming is a manufacturing process where a plastic sheet is heated to a pliable forming temperature, formed to a specific shape in a mold, and trimmed to create a usable product.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Thermoforming

Thermoplastic

A thermoplastic, or thermosoftening plastic, is any plastic polymer material that becomes pliable or moldable at a certain elevated temperature and solidifies upon cooling. Polyethylene terephthalate and thermoplastic are thermoplastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Thermoplastic

Thin film

A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer (monolayer) to several micrometers in thickness.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Thin film

Titanium

Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22. Polyethylene terephthalate and Titanium are Biomaterials.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Titanium

Tolerable daily intake

Tolerable daily intake (TDI) refers to the daily amount of a chemical that has been assessed safe for human being on long-term basis (usually whole lifetime).

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Tolerable daily intake

Toluene

Toluene, also known as toluol, is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula, often abbreviated as, where Ph stands for phenyl group. Polyethylene terephthalate and Toluene are Commodity chemicals.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Toluene

Transesterification

Transesterification is the process of exchanging the organic functional group R″ of an ester with the organic group R' of an alcohol.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Transesterification

Ultimate tensile strength

Ultimate tensile strength (also called UTS, tensile strength, TS, ultimate strength or F_\text in notation) is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Ultimate tensile strength

University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and University of Texas at Austin

Vial of Life

The Vial of Life (Fiole de vie), also known as Vial of L.I.F.E. (Lifesaving Information for Emergencies) is a program that allows individuals to have their complete medical information ready in their home for emergency personnel to reference during an emergency.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Vial of Life

Vicat softening point

Vicat softening temperature or Vicat hardness is the determination of the softening point for materials that have no definite melting point, such as plastics.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Vicat softening point

Waste-to-energy plant

A waste-to-energy plant is a waste management facility that combusts wastes to produce electricity.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Waste-to-energy plant

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and World Health Organization

Young's modulus

Young's modulus (or Young modulus) is a mechanical property of solid materials that measures the tensile or compressive stiffness when the force is applied lengthwise.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and Young's modulus

3D printing

3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model.

See Polyethylene terephthalate and 3D printing

See also

Flexible electronics

Polyesters

Terephthalate esters

Transparent materials

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate

Also known as 1 (plastic), 1 (resin identification code), 2L bottle, A-PET, APET, Arnite, Bio-PET, Biodegradation of polyethylene terephthalate, Conductive Characteristics within Coated Synthetic Fabrics, Conductive characteristics in coated synthetic fabrics, Dacron, Dakron, Ertalyte, Ethylene terephthalate, Flexible substrate, Hostaphan, Impet, Lanon, Lavsan, Melinex, PET plastic, PET-P, PETE, PETE plastic, PETG, PETP, Poly(ethylene terephthalate), Polyethylene Terepthalate, Polyethylene Terepthalete, Polyethylene tere, Polyethylene terephtalate, Polyethylene terphthalate, Polyethylene tetraphthalate, Polyethyleneterephthalate, Polyetylene terephthalate, Rynite, SrPET, Terylene, Vivak, .

, Federal Office of Public Health, Fibre-reinforced plastic, Film base, Furfural, Gas cylinder, Glass transition, Helium, Hydrolase, Hydrolysis, Hydrophobe, Hygroscopy, Ideonella sakaiensis, Imperial Chemical Industries, Incineration, Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Intrinsic viscosity, Isophthalic acid, John Rex Whinfield, Joule, Magnetic tape, Manchester, Metallised film, Metalloid, Methanol, Micrometre, Molar mass, Molecular mass, Monomer, Nanodiamond, Nanometre, Nathaniel Wyeth (inventor), Natural gas, Nitric acid, Nocardia, Norrish reaction, Nucleation, P-Xylene, Packaging, Papermaking, Pascal (unit), PET bottle recycling, Petroleum, Phases of ice, Phosphite anion, Photo-oxidation of polymers, Photovoltaics, Phthalates, Plastic, Plastic recycling, Polyamide, Polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate, Polyester, Polyethylene, Polyethylene terephthalate, Polymer, Polymer degradation, Polymer stabilizer, Polypropylene, Polyvinyl alcohol, Polyvinyl chloride, Post-consumer waste, Pressure-sensitive tape, Purified water, Relative viscosity, Residence time, Resin, Resin identification code, Scientific Advice Mechanism, Single crystal, Soft drink, Solar water disinfection, Solvent, Space blanket, Spherulite (polymer physics), Stoichiometry, Submarine cable, Sunlight, Supercapacitor, Synthetic fiber, Tap water, Terephthalic acid, Thermal decomposition, Thermal expansion, Thermal insulation, Thermoforming, Thermoplastic, Thin film, Titanium, Tolerable daily intake, Toluene, Transesterification, Ultimate tensile strength, University of Texas at Austin, Vial of Life, Vicat softening point, Waste-to-energy plant, World Health Organization, Young's modulus, 3D printing.