Main-Product
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- Polyethylene Terephthalate
Map of Polyethylene Terephthalate Sub-Products producing locations in ppPLUS
Product Categories, Description and Properties
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- Chemicals
- Main-Family
- Polymers
- Sub-Family
- Thermoplastic Polyester
- Description
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Polyethylene Terephthalate (sometimes written Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate)), commonly abbreviated PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P, is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the Polyester family.
PET is produced from Ethylene Glycol and Dimethyl Terephthalate (DMT) (C6H4(CO2CH3)2) or Terephthalic Acid.
The former is a Transesterification Reaction, whereas the latter is an Esterification Reaction.
Source: Wikipedia, Polyethylene Terephthalate
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Building Block / Value Chain - Info
Properties
- Status
- A
- Unit of Measure
- Metric Ton
- Physical State
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Solid
System Info
- Update by
-  Kokel, Nicolas
- Last Update
- 11/17/2023 8:00 PM
- Added
- 2/21/2021 9:52 PM
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