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The plant manufactures styrene monomer, an industrial chemical used to make plastics as diverse as utensils and insulation.
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
Clean factories would reformulate the plastics into monomers that could be used again.
—William McDonough, Scientific American, 1 July 2017
These monomers each include a new cap so that only one molecule gets added to each strand.
—Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
Polymers are formed by chemical reactions among subunits called monomers, which can link up to create a gel like the type used in gummy candies.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 June 2023
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
Clean factories would reformulate the plastics into monomers that could be used again.
—William McDonough, Scientific American, 1 July 2017
These monomers each include a new cap so that only one molecule gets added to each strand.
—Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
Polymers are formed by chemical reactions among subunits called monomers, which can link up to create a gel like the type used in gummy candies.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 8 June 2023
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“Monomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monomer. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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