Why is polyethylene polymer composite so great?
Polyethylene ranges from flexible (LDPE) to semi-rigid (HDPE). It is a very economical material which is good for tubing. It is available in FDA and in industrial grades. It has high-quality chemical resistance, and by adding UV stabilizers, it has superior outdoor properties. Available in natural (translucent white), stock and custom colors. LLDPE is preferred because it has better resistance to environmental stress cracking. This is what we use in producing our burial vaults. Plastics are polymers. What is a polymer? The simplest definition of a polymer is something made of many units. Think of a polymer as a chain. Each link of the chain is the “mer” or basic unit that is made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and/or silicon. To make the chain, many links or “mers” are hooked or polymerized together. Polymerization can be demonstrated by linking strips of construction paper together to make paper garlands or hooking together hundreds of paper clips to form chains. Polymers have been with
