Introduction and Background

A multi-division corporation had a small plastic piece fail in one of its specialty machines. The maintenance department has been asked to replace the part. However, the original manufacturer, Kaufmann Ltd., has gone out of business, and specifications for the part are unavailable. The purpose of this experiment, performed by Ryan Nelson, Peter Glascor, Eric Flowr was to determine the identity of the unknown polymer by comparing its properties to properties of other known polymers. Most likely, the part is one of the five following polymers: polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, poly(vinyl chloride). These are all extremely common, and have widespread applications in industry.
Each of these polymers exhibits properties which allow it to be of unique technological importance. Theoretical values for the properties utilized in determining the identity of the unknown sample are listed in Table 1.
Density (g/cm3) Molecular......

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Title: Determination Of Unknown Polymer Properties
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