Polythene is a partly crystalline thermoplastic. It is a well-known simple polymer with advantages and disadvantages for use in piping. Polythene pipe has a wide variety of applications in the ...

Copper and polybutylene are common materials in household piping, but they have very different characteristics. Polybutylene was used for two decades as an innovative material for plumbing, but has ...

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) has enormous commercial applications, which makes it one of the most well-studied polymers. One of the problems associated with the processing and use of PVC is its low ...