Techniques, miscellaneous plants

Techniques and plants for polymerization have become more precise and specific but there is a possibility still that similar grades of the same material made in different units may differ in practice (in features such as the distribution of molecular weights, and colour). It will be appreciated too that many polymers and copolymers are used in combination with other substances— stabilizers, fillers, and miscellaneous additives—all of which (and especially those occurring naturally, like China clay and some types of plasticizer) may themselves differ appreciably from batch to batch. 

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