Agar
Agar (C14H24O9) is a polymer or plastic that appears as Agar is odourless or has a slight characteristic odour. Unground agar usually occurs in bundles consisting of thin, membrano…
Polymers & Plastics
Large molecules made of repeating structural units
28 chemicals in this category
Carboxymethyl cellulose
Carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt is an organic molecular entity. It has a role as a food additive.
Cellulose
Cellulose is the most abundant organic polymer on Earth, serving as the primary structural component of plant cell walls. It is a linear polysaccharide consisting of D-glucose unit…
Cellulose acetate
Cellulose acetate is produced by treating cellulose with acetic anhydride to acetylate some or all of the hydroxyl groups. Cellulose diacetate (DS 2.4) is used primarily in textile…
Natural rubber
Isoprene can cause cancer according to The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
Nylon 6
Nylon 6 is a synthetic polyamide produced by ring-opening polymerisation of ε-caprolactam. Unlike Nylon 6,6 which is made from two monomers, Nylon 6 is produced from a single monom…
Nylon 6,6
Nylon 6,6 is a polyamide produced by condensation polymerisation of hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid. The name "6,6" refers to the six carbon atoms in each monomer. It was the …
Pectin
Beta-D-galacturonic acid is a D-galactopyranuronic acid with a beta-configuration at the anomeric center. It is a conjugate acid of a beta-D-galacturonate.
Phenol-formaldehyde resin
Phenol-formaldehyde resin (PF resin), known commercially as Bakelite, was the first fully synthetic thermosetting polymer, developed by Leo Baekeland in 1907. It is produced by con…
Polyacrylonitrile
Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is a synthetic semicrystalline polymer resin produced by free radical polymerisation of acrylonitrile. It is predominantly used as a precursor for carbon fi…
Polybutadiene
Polybutadiene (BR) is a synthetic rubber produced by polymerisation of 1,3-butadiene. It has the highest resilience and lowest glass transition temperature (−105 °C) of any synthet…
Polycarbonate
Polycarbonate (PC) is a thermoplastic polymer containing carbonate groups (–O–CO–O–) in the main chain. The most common type is bisphenol A polycarbonate, produced by polycondensat…
Polyethylene
Polyethylene (PE) is the world's most widely produced synthetic plastic. It consists of long chains of ethylene monomers (–CH₂–CH₂–)n and is produced by addition polymerisation. It…
Polyethylene terephthalate
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a thermoplastic polyester resin produced by polycondensation of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid. It is one of the most widely recycled pla…
Polyhydroxybutyrate
Polyhydroxybutyrate (C12H20O6) is a polymer or plastic. It has a molecular weight of 260.28 g/mol. Its IUPAC name is [4-oxo-4-(4-oxobutan-2-yloxy)butan-2-yl] 3-hydroxybutanoate.
Polylactic acid
Polylactic acid (PLA) is a biodegradable and bioactive thermoplastic aliphatic polyester derived from renewable resources such as corn starch and sugarcane. It is produced by ring-…
Polymethyl methacrylate
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), commonly known as acrylic glass or by trade names such as Plexiglas and Perspex, is a transparent thermoplastic produced by radical polymerisation o…
Polyoxymethylene
Polyoxymethylene (C70H123NO10) is a polymer or plastic. It has a molecular weight of 1138.7 g/mol. Its IUPAC name is [30-[[3-hydroxy-1-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]…
Polypropylene
Polypropylene (PP) is a thermoplastic addition polymer made from propylene monomers (–CH₂–CH(CH₃)–)n. It is one of the most versatile and widely used plastics, valued for its combi…
Polystyrene
Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic aromatic hydrocarbon polymer made from styrene monomers (–CH₂–CH(C₆H₅)–)n. It is one of the most widely used plastics globally and can be manufactur…