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Re: Plastics (bottle)
From: Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 1997 11:45 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Plastics (bottle)
On Sunday, June 22, 1997 11:42 AM Edward J. Wingate
[SMTP:ewing7-at-frontiernet-dot-net] wrote;
>Tesla List wrote:
>
> From: Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 1997 6:26 AM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Plastics
>
>> Greetings all;
>>
>> Does anyone know what kind of plastic the clear 2 and 3 liter soda
>> bottles are made of? I thought possibly polycarbonate, but they
>> seem pretty flexible and I remember polycarbonate as being rather
>> brittle!
> Alfred,
>
>I saw a program on The Learning Channel about plastics that stated
>that soda bottles are made of a double layer of a grain oriented
>form of polyetheylene ( PETE, polyethylene tetra.....) , I can't
>remember the rest of the technical name.
Hmmm, the only plastic I know of that sounds like that would be
polyethlene terephthalate or PET otherwise known as mylar. If that is
the case then it would not be a good choice for making capacitors due
to it's high power factor ie. high R.F. losses.
> But, isn't this a little off subject? There must be a polymer list out
> there somewhere!
I don't think discussion about alternative sources of plastic for
making capacitors is off-topic to this list, perhaps you didn't
realize my intentions. If you know of a polymer or plastics list
please tell me about it because I've searched and found none!
Sincerely
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