The History of plastics

The History of Plastics

By: Aroa Alonso

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1839/1869

1907/1930

1933

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1839

1907

1930

1933

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Leo Baekeland

Leo Baekeland invents Bakelite, the first entirely synthetic polymer. It's a thermosetting plastic, leading to a range of industrial applications.

John Wesley Hyatt

He created celluloid, the first synthetic plastic, as a substitute for ivory.

Celluloids

Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents. Once much more common for its use as photographic film before the advent of safer methods, celluloid's common contemporary uses are for manufacturing table tennis balls, musical instruments, combs, office equipment, fountain pen bodies, and guitar picks.

CHARLES GOODYEAR

Charles Goodyear discovers the process of vulcanization, a crucial step in understanding polymers.

VULCANIZATION

Vulcanization is an irreversible curing process and should be strongly contrasted with the thermoplastic processes that characterize the behavior of the vast majority of modern polymers.

Trash in the water

Trash also ends up in the oceans and seas, harming all kinds of marine creatures. Sometimes, they end up tangled in trash, killing them.

Harming the enviroment

Sometimes, when we throw trash to the floor, it ends up in the enviroment. Usually, animals end up eating trash while looking for food, killing them slowly

What do we breathe?

We breathe oxygen mixed with C02 (carbon dioxide). This is caused by pollution, so this means the more we pollute, the more global warming we'll have

Wallace Carothers

He developed nylon at DuPont, revolutionizing textiles and becoming a versatile material with diverse applications.

Nylon

It is a synthetic polymer that belongs to the group of polyamides.

Polythylene

Polyethylene is accidentally discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric Fawcett.