Plastics: A Primer
- Plastics are so common now that we cannot imagine life without them.
- The first use of plastics can be seen by the Olmecs in Mexico, playing a rubber ball in 1500 BCE.
- Polymers, the main component of all plastics, are made of carbon by a process of replicating the extremely long molecule by reacting it to itself.
Natural polymers are also made of other components like rubber, silicone and even DNA.
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