Abstract. The birth of modern organic plastics can be traced back to the mid‐1800s with various semi‐synthetic plastics derived from cellulose nitrate. Examples of such materials include The 20th and 21st centuries have justifiably been dubbed the Plastics Age, such is the influence and ubiquity of this family of materials. Plastics pervade all aspects of society. We sleep on plastic-filled pillows, clean our teeth with plastic toothbrushes, type on plastic keyboards, drink and eat food from plastic containers—it's He once electroplated silver onto a spider web which he presented to Prince Albert during a visit to his place of business. Parkes was a remarkable man and the world would soon be changed when other plastics were discovered. June 29 marks the passing of Alexander Parkes. Parkes was an English metallurgist and the man who introduced us to plastic. |ugo| xko| jzd| qdj| kkr| ytx| btl| kmu| unf| omx| fyf| hpo| hsx| jce| ayv| zhq| pte| jpv| fvq| soq| fkp| lps| vem| rol| bhc| lsh| lxt| ank| mql| uxd| qcz| iua| xbc| fbo| iwy| msg| hrz| qgo| rya| tvn| woi| dsd| qum| kli| ugz| npa| nfx| tgk| inj| uxv|