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Polyethylene — Wikipedia (en)

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Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic. It is a polymer, primarily used for packaging (plastic bags, plastic films, geomembranes and containers including bottles, cups, jars, folders, etc.). As of 2017, over 100 million tonnes of polyethylene resins are being produced annually, accounting for 34% of the total plastics market. Many kinds of polyethylene are known, with most having the chemical formula (C2H4)n. PE is usually a mixture of similar polymers of ethylene, with various values of n. It can be low-density or high-density and many variations thereof. Its properties can be modified further by crosslinking or copolymerization. All forms are nontoxic as well as chemically resilient, contributing to polyethylene's popularity as a multi-use plastic. However, polyethylene's chemical resilience also makes it a long-lived and decomposition-resistant pollutant when disposed of improperly. Being a hydrocarbon, polyethylene is colorless to opaque (without impurities or colorants) and combustible.

Tema degli esploratori: fiducia digitale e crittografia (deposito sistematico; ricerca «transparency log»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Polyethylene» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene
Wikidata Q143429 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143429
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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