Smart Polymers
Smart Polymers
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I recently stumbled on Smart Polymers while researching Memory Metals. My application would be better suited to use Smart Polymers, but there is very little information on the web. In particular, I can't find any manufactures or suppliers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Chris DeArmitt
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If you can't ask a properly defined question we can't help.
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Pat
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I did think I had missed something...
H
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Pat
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I didn't knew about this property in polymers, but now I'm curious, searching it soon.
"Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?"
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You can heat the part gently with a flame, form it buy hand, then drop it into water to retain the new shape, then heat gently again and it springs back to the original shape.
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Pat
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Pat
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Veriflex®
http://crgindustries.com/veriflex.htm
http://www.crgrp.net/veriflex.shtml
Tembo®
http://www.ctd-materials.com/products/emc.htm
Smart materials have at least one propertie that can be changed by external stimulation (stress, temperature, moisture, pH, electric or magnetic fields). So you can consider a SMP a smart polymer, but it's a very vague term.
G
"Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?"
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Sorry if my messages were confusing, but you answered my question. You are correct, I should have used the phase "shape polymer" instead of "smart polymer".
Thanks again for everyone's help.
Mark
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G
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