To test his theory, he treated the polyethylene to make it more hydrophilic, or "water-loving".
Thousands of blades of polyethylene grass, blended with optical fibers, reflect light upward from the trays.
Dow Chemical, in a separate project, already plans to make polyethylene from sugarcane ethanol in Brazil.
Plastic bags are made of polyethylene, derived from petrol and take 1, 000 years to decompose.
Black polyethylene mulching involves the plants growing through holes in plastic sheets that cover the soil.
The base layer of modern skis is made from a substance called ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene.
The object is a spare wooden frame, on to which polyethylene packing straps are tightly strung.
The latter is a matter, in turn, of the demand for polyethylene, the world's most commonplace plastic.
The original polyethylene layer was permeable but now is coextruded with nylon and is ten layers strong.
He found there was less friction, which would translate to less wear, than when the polyethylene was untreated.
In comparison, it took 15 years to invent the first polyethylene, which came out of the lab in 1933.
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Chlorine's largest use is as an ingredient in polyvinyl chloride, PVC being almost as popular a plastic as polyethylene.
Mawii asked for a 17-liter can of cooking oil, which she split into small polyethylene bags for sale door-to-door.
The purest ethylene and polyethylene play for investors is Nova Chemicals, says Fitsch.
Sumitomo had developed a chemical that you could impregnate into a polyethylene-based fiber.
The Olefins segment manufactures and markets ethylene, polyethylene, styrene and associated co-products.
Makers of plastic bottles for water and milk, for example, have faced a shortage of high-density polyethylene since the hurricanes.
Using a handheld glue gun, and armed with a home-cooked slurry of polyethylene and candle wax, he built the shape layer by layer.
It starts with BB-size pellets of polyethylene that are fed into a long, cylindrical extruder and heated to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Where possible, use only plastic containers denoted by a code 2 (polyethylene) or code 5 (polypropylene) in their triangular recycling symbols.
The company manufacture a pro-degradant additive (called d2w) which, when added to polyethylene during production, transforms it into an oxo-biodegradable product.
It has also improved on Rebetron with a drug called Peg-Intron, a "pegylated" combination of interferon and polyethylene glycol (Peg for short).
The rooms' outer walls are each filled with 250lbs of insulating polyethylene to protect astronauts during solar flares and damaging ultraviolet radiation.
But it also is an expert in polyethylene glycol (PEG) technology.
Its PHA thus could rival various plastics, including PET, polyethylene or polypropylene.
Also, in 2010, the South African retail giant became the first to offer customers wine bottled in the eco-friendly PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate).
The purest ethylene and polyethylene play for investors is Nova Chemicals (nyse: NCX - news - people ), says Fitsch.
Exxon Mobil is a major manufacturer and marketer of basic petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene plastics and a wide variety of specialty products.
The first trial run demonstrated that 1 km of high-density polyethylene pipe could be laid down over mountainous terrain and in windy conditions in just nine minutes.
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Laurier also pointed out that cornstarch bags, far from being a worthy alternative to regular polyethylene, could in the long run be more harmful to the environment.
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