All episodes of Journey into polymers

Episodes

Today I discuss curing agents as well as the general uses of epoxy is our society.

Published 01/17/21

This week I am covering the history and basic chemistry surrounding epoxies.

Published 12/31/20

Today I talk about what polymers can look like on a molecular level and how that impacts it’s physical properties.

Published 12/24/20

Today I talk about the history of polyethylene, it’s most common forms, and how it’s made into plastic.

Published 12/17/20

Today we cover the basics of polymerization reactions explaining step growth and chain polymerizations and how each works.

Published 12/10/20

Some brief history of Carothers and his discoveries in the field of polymer chemistry.

Published 12/03/20

In this episode I review the basics of plastic recycling and the methods to recycle a plastic that are most used today.

Published 11/26/20

In this episode we review the basic definition of a polymer and discuss why they matter to everyone.

Published 11/18/20

Published 11/18/20