Polyethylene and polypropylene account for two-thirds of the world's plastics. But the polymers' popularity has an equally large downside. Because they have similar densities and physical properties, ...

The durability and performance of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) geomembranes are of critical importance in environmental containment applications, particularly as liners in landfills and hazardous ...

Environmental stress cracking in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes is a critical phenomenon that undermines the structural integrity and service life of essential infrastructure systems. This ...

Dublin, Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "High-density Polyethylene Global Market Report by Feedstock, Application, Manufacturing Process, Countries and Company Analysis, 2025-2033" has been ...

Polyolefins, specifically polypropylene and polyethylene, are high-performance plastics obtained from propylene and ethylene. These materials are crucial in many different sectors because of their ...

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LAMA, a Santiago-based company founded in August 2025, is using industrial robotic arms fitted with specialized polymer ...

Sandwich bags, milk jugs, and other plastic items made from polyethylene could find new life as upgraded materials. A reaction that converts the popular polymer’s C–H bonds to C–N bonds and works on ...

Polyethylene (PE) is a semicrystalline polymer that is one of the most extensively manufactured polymers in the world for consumer products and packaging. Shopping bags, milk bottles, storage ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Irkutsk Polymer Plant, LLC has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL™ PE Technology for a 650 kTA polyethylene plant to be located in Ust-Kut, Irkutsk region, in the ...

Due to the sheer diversity of polymeric structures at the molecular level, this can be a challenging subject to unravel. It is almost impossible to achieve consistent molecular weights within polymer ...

Effect of molecular weight toward tensile properties in the present biobased polyesters, HP1. The plots of PE-18,18 (polyester-18,18, reported biobased), and ...