Consider two scenarios; the lid of a plastic container should still fit correctly after coming out of the dishwasher, plastic piping intended for transporting hot liquids should not warp. In both of ...

Although plastics have only been used for around 100 years, they have become essential to everyday life. They are employed in almost every industry and application, including packaging, healthcare, ...

The first use for these materials: Ensuring super-dense ICs pass final QA. "The first generation of material used to build test sockets was based on Vespel SP-1 (polyimide). This was replaced by ...