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American Chemistry Council:
Tensile strength and other testing of plastics
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plastics & their strength for polymer lab
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Carroll, David L. and Gunsch, Claudia K.
Nanoparticles and the Environment. http://photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=44805
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Cassaro, Ryan.
Block Copolymers.
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defines block copolymers
Copeland, Tracy.
Dow Researchers Win Award for Polymer Invention.
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2007 - new polymers. Eggling, Sue.
Molecules
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What is the problem? Plastics made to last forever designed to throw away.http://5gyres.org/what_is_the_problem/plastic_accumulation
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Increased oceanic microplastic debris enhances oviposition in an endemic pelagic insect. http://www.cawrecycles.org/files/Scripps_PlasticIncreaseStudy_May2012_0.pdf
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Hudson, RL.
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IUPAC. Hydrocarbons- Goldbook.
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- all the know levels of hydrocarbons, and effective picture of the vast number, variety and impact
Moore, Charles.
"Out in the Pacific Plastic Is Getting Drastic."
UN Environment Program.
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Nano Technology Now
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Nobelprize.org. Plastics and Polymers
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Organic Compounds, Carbon bonding.
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NYU: Carbon
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United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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