Polypropylene applications 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. 

Polypropylenes are available as molding powder, extruded sheet, cast film, textile staple, and continuous-filament yarn. They find use in packaging film molded parts for automobiles, appliances, and housewares wire and cable coating food container closures bottles, printing plates carpet and upholstery fibers storage battery cases crates for soft-drink bottles laboratory ware trays fish nets surgical casts and a variety of other applications. 

Fig. 12-1. Polypropylene is widely used for housewares and appliances since it will withstand hot water, detergents, mechanical abuse and is low in cost. This injection-molded washing machine agitator is a typical heavy-duty application served well by polypropylene. (Courtesy Hercules, Inc.)...

Safe and effective for housewares applications polyethylene and or polypropylene straws and polystyrene cups. 

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