A type of semi-transparent polymer that can be mended at room temperature
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Re: A type of semi-transparent polymer that can be mended at room temperature
#2Somebody had fun with that headline.
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#3> The organic glass, made of a substance called polyether thioureas, is closer to acrylic than mineral glass
Plastic is organic glass?
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#4> The organic glass, made of a substance called polyether thioureas, is closer to acrylic than mineral glass Plastic is organic glass?
Yes think of something more in the lines of Plexiglas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly(methyl_methacrylate)
The video is down here, looks almost like a gooey liquid how it melts back together... http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712150041.html
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#5This is a better link IMO:
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-semi-transparent-polymer-room-...
And here's the actual paper all the articles are about: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/12/13/scien...
Re: A type of semi-transparent polymer that can be mended at room temperature
#6This is a better link IMO: https://phys.org/news/2017-12-semi-transparent-polymer-room-... And here's the actual paper all the articles are about: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/12/13/scien...
Ok, we've changed to that first link from http://www.enca.com/technology/japanese-inventor-shatters-ex.... Thanks!
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#7> The organic glass, made of a substance called polyether thioureas, is closer to acrylic than mineral glass Plastic is organic glass?
If it’s non crystalline then yes, glass is defined as a non crystalline amorphous solid and there are more than a handful of plastics that fall into that category.
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#8> The organic glass, made of a substance called polyether thioureas, is closer to acrylic than mineral glass Plastic is organic glass?
Yes think of something more in the lines of Plexiglas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly(methyl_methacrylate) The video is down here, looks almost like a gooey liquid how it melts back together... http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712150041.html
Plexiglas is a type of glass, it’s non silicate based but glass non the less.
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#9I'm thinking that if you can stick things that people commonly carry around together just by pressing them against each other that this opens up a whole new area of drunken antics
Re: A type of semi-transparent polymer that can be mended at room temperature
#10> The organic glass, made of a substance called polyether thioureas, is closer to acrylic than mineral glass Plastic is organic glass?
If it’s non crystalline then yes, glass is defined as a non crystalline amorphous solid and there are more than a handful of plastics that fall into that category.
What is the distinction between amorphous and non-crystalline? Also, for instance, aren't all solid metals amorphous non crystalline solids?