Plastics around time

By Miguel Angel Arevalo Ramirez

Introduction

Before the polymers were created, Mother Nature was the only and exclusive source of
recurses which humans used to elaborate on his tools. The properties offered by stones,
woods or metals did not satisfy all the existing demands so, the man in his innate desire to
research and search began to apply substances that supply these deficiencies, natural
polymers are manipulated.
 
Development

Advancing the story a little, in 1820 the RUBBER was discovered, but this was a plastic
mass that did not acquire any shape and that was deformed, it is until 1839 when this crude
rubber is combined with sulfur and processed by vulcanization, and it is possible to obtain a
resistant and elastic material which is used in the manufacture of tires. And it was not until
1909 when BAQUELITA was created, which is the first fully synthetic plastic polymer. In
1915 the formation of polymers by the chain is made molecular of two or more monomers
of different nature, which received the name of copolymerization, thanks to this it was
possible to create the plastics that have been used to date, such as Teflon, polyethylene,
polypropylene, nylon, polychloride vinyl, methyl polymethacrylate.

Conclusion

Currently, we continue to develop new plastic polymers that can meet our needs and at the
same time are environmentally friendly. Plastics today are crucial because they have
contributed to facilitating our way of life. Therefore, its continuous study and improvement
is vital

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