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unusual facts about Polyethylene terephthalate


Blue Joker

The system used two, later three, hydrogen filled balloons positioned above each other along a common tether to support a 9 metre diameter resin-bonded terylene spherical radome inflated by a built-in fan to a pressure of 980 pascals (10 cm H2O).


Gulei

China's Environmental Protection Ministry on January 9, 2009, allowed the construction in Gulei of a two-plant chemical project : a Tenglong (腾龙)(DAC - Dragon Aromatics Co.) company factory to produce p- (meaning para-) xylene, and a Xianglu (翔鹭) company factory to use said p-xylene to produce Polyethylene terephthalate.

Sheldon E. Isakoff

His major contributions include the development of EFT Dacron and nylon processes, improvements to Mylar and Cronar process, and the establishment of the first Lycra plant in the world.


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