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پلیاتیلن
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thumb|140px|The repeating unit within polyethylene in the most stable staggered conformation
AI overview
Polyethylene is a plastic made from repeating units of a simple hydrocarbon molecule linked together in a chain. It's one of the most widely used plastics in the world because it's cheap to produce, flexible, and durable, making it useful for everything from bags and bottles to packaging materials.
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Research
158,655 papers- [Polyethylene disease].ReviewActa chirurgiae orthopaedicae et traumatologiae Cechoslovaca · 2003Sosna A, Radonský T, Pokorný D et al.
- Ortho Plastics The Adoption and Evolution of Polyethylene in Orthopedic Surgery.ReviewBulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease (2013) · 2023Feder O, Lawrence KW, Driesman A et al.
- [Tuboplasty polyethylene].The Journal of the International College of Surgeons · 1958RUBIO B
- Influences of sterilising techniques on polyethylene wear.ReviewThe Knee · 2004Fisher J, McEwen HM, Barnett PI et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2003.10.002
- Do total hip arthroplasty polyethylene liners without free radicals oxidize in vivo or ex vivo?Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials · 2022Rowell SL, Reyes CR, Hopper RH Jr et al.DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34985
- Polyethylene implants in nasal septal restoration.JAMA facial plastic surgery · 2013Cho JJ, Taylor RC, Deutschmann MW et al.DOI: 10.1001/jamafacial.2013.840
- Cross-linked polyethylene does not reduce wear in total knee arthroplasty.Revista espanola de cirugia ortopedica y traumatologia (English ed.) · 2018Lasurt-Bachs S, Torner P, Maculé F et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.recot.2017.11.004
- Polyethylene abdominal pack.A.M.A. archives of surgery · 1952DURHAM MWDOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1952.01260020848008
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- thermoplastic
- Image
- Polyethylene-3D-vdW.png
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- Commons category
- Polyethylene
- polymer of
- methylene group
- time of discovery or invention
- 1898-00-00
- shear modulus
- 0.117
- CXSMILES
- [*]CC[*] |Sg:n:1,2::ht|
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