Our plastic extruded tubes are processed from a homopolymer with excellent mechanical properties. So, what is a homopolymer? Next, I will introduce its properties and explain the difference between homopolymer and copolymer.
| Properties | Homopolymer | Copolymer |
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| Density | Formed from one type of repeating monomer | Made of two or more types of repeating monomer variants. |
| Tensile Strength | 0.9 g/cm³ | 0.9 g/cm³ |
| Tensile modulus | 69 MPa | 60 MPa |
| Tensile stress | 1,600 N/mm² | 950 N/mm² |
| Melting point | 135-159 °C | 160-165 °C |
| Types | Polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polypropylene, polycarbonate, polyester, Nylon 6, Nylon 11, polytetrafluoroethylene, and polystyrene. | Polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate, high impact polystyrene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, styrene-butadiene rubber, styrene-acrylonitrile rubber, polybutadiene, and polyepoxide. |
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| Processing methods | Injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, and film, fiber or sheet extrusion, etc. | – |
| Applications | Used in automobiles, packaging, medical, consumer products, food, support layer for electrophoresis anode tubes and filter elements, etc. | Drug delivery, cosmetics, sunscreen, liquid membranes, emulsifiers, textiles, bearing gears, and self-polishing coatings, etc. |
