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Title: What Every Natural Gas Operations Person Should Know About Polymer Science And Plastic Gas Distribution Piping
Author: George W. Davis
Source: American Gas Association 1987
Year Published: 1987
Abstract: Gas engineers who already are proficient in the applications engineering of plastic pipe will find this paper useful in explaining certain basic concepts of polymer science. The mechanical behavior of polymers is also reviewed with emphasis on stress, time, and temperature considerations. The term plastic usually refers to a wide class of synthetic organic materials, often high in molecular weight, that can be shaped or formed during manufacture by application of heat or pressure. Essentially, plastics or polymers are structured of large, very long chain-like molecules buih up by repetition of small, simple chemical units called monomers. The word polymer is of Greek origin and means literally a molecule that consists of many (poly) parts (mer) the units that build up a polymer are called monomers or one (mono) part (mer). It is important to remember that the term plastic is a generic term and denotes a very large class of materials with varying properties. The generality of the term plastic may be likened to the terms metal, wood, gas, or even fish. Obviously, there are many types of metals, woods, gases, and fish as there are many types of plastics.

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