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Polystyrene packaging housewares luggage radio and television cabi nets... 

Blow-molded products represent the biggest use of HDPE resins, at around 40%. Packaging appHcations account for by far the greatest share of this market. These include such products as botties (especially for milk, juice, and soap), housewares, toys, pails, dmms, and tanks. Expected aimual average growth rates for these appHcations are about 5—6%. Injection-molding products are the second largest appHcation, with approximately 20% of the HDPE market. These products include housewares, toys, food containers, pails, crates, and cases. 

Automotive appHcations account for about 116,000 t of woddwide consumption aimuaHy, with appHcations for various components including headlamp assembHes, interior instmment panels, bumpers, etc. Many automotive appHcations use blends of polycarbonate with acrylonitrile—butadiene—styrene (ABS) or with poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) (see Acrylonitrile polymers). Both large and smaH appHances also account for large markets for polycarbonate. Consumption is about 54,000 t aimuaHy. Polycarbonate is attractive to use in light appHances, including houseware items and power tools, because of its heat resistance and good electrical properties, combined with superior impact resistance. 

The important features of rigidity and transparency make the material competitive with polystyrene, cellulose acetate and poly(methyl methacrylate) for a number of applications. In general the copolymer is cheaper than poly(methyl methacrylate) and cellulose acetate, tougher than poly(methyl methacrylate) and polystyrene and superior in chemical and most physical properties to polystyrene and cellulose acetate. It does not have such a high transparency or such food weathering properties as poly(methyl methacrylate). As a result of these considerations the styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers have found applications for dials, knobs and covers for domestic appliances, electrical equipment and car equipment, for picnic ware and housewares, and a number of other industrial and domestic applications with requirements somewhat more stringent than can be met by polystyrene. 

Polymers of this type find application in toys and housewares and are of interest for medical applications and a wide variety of miscellaneous industrial uses. 

F Same as PVC Housewares, appliance parts, auto ducts and trim, pipe, rope, nets... 

Polystyrene packaging, housewares, luggage, radio and television cabinets. 

SAN (Tg = 105°C ) is stiffer and has better chemical and heat resistance than the homopolymer. However, it is not as clear as polystyrene, and it is used in articles that do not require optical clarity, such as appliances and houseware materials. 

Saks Fifth Avenue, the department store, requested a private-label bar condiment program for its houseware boutiques last year, which included martini olives, maraschino cherries and gibson onions.The items were provided by Fodda, a New York specialty food company. Keith Bacon, its president, was previously in die fashion business, at Alfred Dunhill. 

Dynamic differential thermal analysis is used to measure the phase transitions of the polymer. IR is used to determine the degree of unsaturation in the polymer. Monitoring of the purity and raw is done commercially using gas phase chromatography for fractionization and R1 with UV absorption at 260 nanometers for polystyrene identification and measurement Polystyrene is one of the most widely used plastics because of fabrication ease and the wide spectrum of properties possible. Industries using styrene-based plastics are packaging, appliance, construction, automotive, radio and television, furniture, toy, houseware and baggage. Styrene is also used by the military as a binder in expls and rocket propints... 

About 50% of all the ethylene produced is used to make polyethylene. There are two main types high density or HDPE and low density or LDPE. HDPE melts higher and is stiffer and harder than LDPE. It is also opaque, while LDPE is flexible and transparent. HDPE is used for molding bottles, housewares, toys, and for extruding pipe and conduit. LDPE is used mainly for packaging film. HDPE is made by a catalytic polymerization at relatively low pressure while LDPE is made by polymerization at very high pressure using a different catalyst. 

Porcelain enameling on aluminum finds use in the cookware and housewares industry. It is also used for panels and signs. The average yearly production for a plant in this subcategory is 0.25 x 106 m2 (2.7 x 106 ft2). This figure represents the area of enamel applied. For multiple coats, the area for each coat is considered.3-6... 

Polystyrene is used in furniture, packaging, appliances, automobiles, construction, radios, televisions, toys, houseware items, and luggage. Statistics on the states producing the largest number of plastic products are given in Table 2E4. This indicates that we can expect to have many customers and that most of these will be small companies. The main means for shipping will therefore be by truck and train, and many of these shipments will be small quantities. It therefore would be wise to locate as near as possible to customers. (The styrene can be obtained in large bulk shipments and over 95% is converted into a salable polystyrene.) Note that the... 

Household waste, 25 864 House-of-cards glass-ceramic microstructure, 12 635 Housewares, LLDPE, 20 207-203 Housewrap, 17 482 Housings, for cartridge filters, 11 369 Hoveya-Grubbs catalysts, 26 934 H-phosphonate DNA synthesis method, 17 624-625... 

The heat resistance impact strength and chemical resistance gets increased with increasing acrylonitrile content Styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers find use in the manufacture of housewares like beakers and judge and industrial mouldings. 

Even if the different consumer habits in the U.S.A. and Western Europe are taken into account, the comparison shows clearly that the various applications have undergone different developments. There has been a sharp drop - in relative terms -in the use of impact polystyrene for refrigeration - initially its main application - and for toys. In Europe, decorative articles play hardly any role. The packaging sector has made particularly big advances. Housewares, too, are on the way up. 

Kitchen and household food storage, lids and seals, cookware, housewares and closures... 

Transparent and decorative parts for vending machines, appliance panels, knobs and housings, housewares. .. 

When the polypropylene (PP) technology finally ripened in the late 1950s, the chemicaL.industry was quick to harvest numerous applications. The primary attractions of this thermoplastic were the ease of molding or extruding it and its ability to hold color. Some of the familiar applications are automotive parts, luggage, pipe, bottles, fiber (particularly carpet face fiber and rope), housewares, and toys. 

SAN (70% styrene, 30% acrylonitrile) has better heat and chemical resistance and is stiffer than PS. The optical clarity is not as good. SAN is used in a variety of houseware applications, particularly those things that will come in contact with food (chemical attack) and those that will end up in a dishwasher (heat attack). Coffee pots and throwaway tableware are good examples. 

Typical HDPE—blow-molded products bottles, cans, trays, drums, tanks, and pails injection-molded products housewares, toys, food containers, cases, pails, and crates films, pipes, bags, conduit, wire and cable coating, foam, insulation for coaxial and communication cables... 

Production of ion-exchange resins, heat-and impact-resistant copolymer, ABS, resins, etc. foams, toys, plastic optical components, lighting Fixtures, housewares, packaging, home furnishings... 

Major uses of PS are in packaging and containers, toys and recreational equipment, insulation, disposable food containers, electrical and electronics, housewares, and appliance parts. Expandable PS is used to pack electronic equipment, such as TVs, computers, and stereo equipment. Legislation was put in place in some states to insure the recycling of PS. Interestingly some of this legislation was written such that all PS had to be recycled within some period of time, such as a year. This legislation was changed to reflect the real concern of fast food containers when it was pointed out that less than 10% PS is used in this manner and that well over twice as much was used as house insulation that should not be recycled every year or so. 

Radical copolymerization of styrene with lCM-0% acrylonitrile yields styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) polymers. Acrylonitrile, by increasing the intermolecular forces, imparts solvent resistance, improved tensile strength, and raises the upper use temperature of polystyrene although impact resistance is only slightly improved. SAN finds applications in houseware... 

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