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High Performance Polymers— Natural and Synthetic

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High Performance Polymers: Their Origin and Development

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Nature has been designing and making high performance polymers — organic and ceramic — since several hundred million years as a crucial service for plants and animals. The base materials (all somewhat compatible with water) were proteins and carbohydrates (or copolymers thereof) together with a variety of clays.

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  1. Polytechnic University Brooklyn, New York, USA

    H. Mark

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  1. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA

    Raymond B. Seymour

  2. Celanese Engineering Resins, Chatham, New Jersey, USA

    Gerald S. Kirshenbaum

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Mark, H. (1986). High Performance Polymers— Natural and Synthetic. In: Seymour, R.B., Kirshenbaum, G.S. (eds) High Performance Polymers: Their Origin and Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7073-4_1

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