Polyamides
Standard symbols for plastics

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Polyamides
Standard symbols for plastics

Author : Loïc CHESNÉ

Publication date: October 10, 2002 | Lire en français

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4. Polyamides

Other features include the use of Arabic numerals to indicate the number of carbon atoms in the unit, always preceded by the PA symbol.

Example

PA 6 corresponds to polycaprolactam NH(CH2)5CO

PA 11 stands for polyundecanamide NH(CH2)10CO

A more general distinction is made...

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