Polyketone - where did it go?
Polyketone - where did it go?
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Chatting in the office today, the subject of Carilon (Shell trade name) came up. We remembered it being sold as the "next big thing" - a cheaper replacement for POM and PA12 etc.
Wikipedia says production stopped in 2006.
Polyketone
Any ideas why? Or are there other polymers which never made it?
Wikipedia says production stopped in 2006.
Polyketone
Any ideas why? Or are there other polymers which never made it?
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RE: Polyketone - where did it go?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyketone
Could be expected to make a come-bask as it's made from carbon monoxide which makes for a "green" plastic.
And yes, there are other polymers that didn't make it.
Curv is one of the best materials ever but took 15 years to find an application. Now used in Samsonite suitcases so it's not easy to succeed. In general new plastics take 15 years to find their killer application (e.g. Basotect or Styrolux from BASF).
Syndiotactic PS is an amazing material which was dropped by Dow but still sold my Idemitsu. That should do really well eventually. Semicrystalline PS with great chemical resistance and HDT.
Chris DeArmitt
Expert consulting & training
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RE: Polyketone - where did it go?
Yes, but Styrolux, Curv and Basotect are not actually "new" polymers - but variation on a theme/new processing methods.
I would have thought with all the technology now - such as gene manipulation/construction and drug molecule synthesis etc., it it not beyond the wit of man to come up with a novel polymer.
sPS - yes, I am aware of that. I'm sure we moulded some as a trial years ago. Looks good, but don't Idemistu make a high temp clear polymer (used for lab stuff) also. Which you can never get? (Forget the name - something like P4MT??)
And yes, I am an optimist!
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RE: Polyketone - where did it go?
Polydiphenylamine sulfonate (self-doped, water-soluble, conductive polymer).
EDTA copolymerized with PEG (first degradable ionomer made of food approved, edible monomers).
I can assure you neither achieved commercial success.
PEN never took off as far as I know.
Chris DeArmitt
Expert consulting & training
www.phantomplastics.com
RE: Polyketone - where did it go?
Chris DeArmitt
Expert consulting & training
www.phantomplastics.com