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Claude DUVAL: CNAM engineer - Honorary lecturer at the Industrial Polymer Materials Chair, CNAM (Paris)
INTRODUCTION
Like polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP) is a widely used thermoplastic. Its production accounts for over a fifth of total plastics output.
Its exceptional development over the last few decades is due to a constant improvement in industrial manufacturing processes, to its interesting properties including its melting temperature (130 to 170 ˚C), to the possibility of widely varying its properties by copolymerizing it in different ways and adding fillers and reinforcements.
Polypropylene is used in almost all sectors, particularly in packaging, the automotive industry, household appliances, sanitaryware and textiles.
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1.Production trends
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France
In thirty years, French polypropylene production has risen from zero to 1.4 Mt/year (figure ).
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French and European standards http://www.afnor.fr
- Plastics – Determination of water absorption. Classification number T 51-166 - NF EN ISO 62 - 05-99
- Plastics – Test methods for determining the effects of immersion in liquid chemicals. Classification number T 51-029 - NF EN ISO 175 - 09-00
- Plastics – Determination of bending properties. Classification number T 51-001 - NF EN ISO 178 - 05-03 ...
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List of polypropylene suppliers http://www.ides.com/generics/PP/PP_suppliers.htm
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Borealis http://www.borealisgroup.com
DOW Plastics http://plastics.dow.com
Exxon Mobil http://www.exxonmobilchemical.com
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