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    Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a thermoplastic polymer resin created from terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. PET is a clear, rigid, and impact-resistant plastic that is used widely in beverage and food containers as well as synthetic fibers. Depending on its processing history, PET can exist as either an amorphous transparent material or a semi-crystalline opaque material. Its main properties include being lightweight, shatter-resistant, economically produced, and recyclable.

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    Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a thermoplastic polymer resin created from terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. PET is a clear, rigid, and impact-resistant plastic that is used widely in beverage and food containers as well as synthetic fibers. Depending on its processing history, PET can exist as either an amorphous transparent material or a semi-crystalline opaque material. Its main properties include being lightweight, shatter-resistant, economically produced, and recyclable.

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    Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a thermoplastic polymer resin created from terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. PET is a clear, rigid, and impact-resistant plastic that is used widely in beverage and food containers as well as synthetic fibers. Depending on its processing history, PET can exist as either an amorphous transparent material or a semi-crystalline opaque material. Its main properties include being lightweight, shatter-resistant, economically produced, and recyclable.

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    (Polyethylene terephthalate)

    PET
    • Polyethylene terephthalate
    commonly abbreviated PET, PETE, or the
    obsolete PETP or PET-P, is a thermoplastic
    polymer resin
    “created by the condensation of terephthalic acid
    and ethylene glycol.”
    It is colorless, rigid, lightweight, and impact-
    resistant.
    PET
    • Plastic PET is very important raw material used in man-
    made fibers. PET is a kind of polyester material for
    fiber, injection molded parts, as well as blow-molded
    bottles and jars. Special grades are offered with the
    required properties for the different applications.
    • Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is used beverage,
    food and other liquid containers, as well as for some
    other thermoforming applications.
    • Depending on its processing and thermal history, it
    may exist both as an amorphous (transparent) and as a
    semi-crystalline (opaque and white) material. It can be
    synthesized by a transesterification reaction between
    ethylene glycol and dimethyl terephthalate.
    STRUCTURE
    STRUCTURE

    IUPAC name : poly(ethylene terephthalate)


    Molecular formula : (C10H8O4)n
    Related Monomers : Terephthalic acid
    Ethyleneglycol
    Depending on its processing and thermal history,
    polyethylene terephthalate may exist both as an amorphous
    (transparent) and as a semi-crystalline polymer. The semi
    crystalline material might appear transparent
    (particle size < 500 nm) or opaque and white depending on
    its crystal structure and particle size. Its monomer
    (bis-β-hydroxyterephthalate) can be synthesized by the
    etherification reaction between terephthalic acid and
    ethylene glycol with water as a byproduct, or by
    transesterification reaction between ethylene glycol and
    dimethyl terephthalate with methanol as a byproduct.
    Polymerization is through a poly condensation reaction of
    the monomers
    (done immediately after esterification/transesterification)
    with water as the by product.
    Plastic PET Characteristics

    PET containers are widely popular in packaging


    industries world over. High performance PET is the
    result of special processes developed to enhance the
    material characteristics of PET material and can be tailored
    to specific requirements.
    The most popular characteristics of PET are:

    • Light weight
    • Shatter resistance
    • Economic cost
    • High clarity
    • Reseal ability
    • Recyclability
    PROPERTIES
    • PET consists of carbon, hydrogen
    and oxygen.
    • PET can be incinerated without
    residues for energy recovery.
    • PET is the most valuable of the
    recyclable plastics.
    • PET is reusable as fibre filling for
    clothing, pallet strapping and
    moulding, carpeting, as well as in
    the manufacture of PET
    containers.
    PRODUCTS

    PET is used to make many products, such as polyester fabric, cable


    wraps, films, transformer insulation, generator parts, and packaging. It makes
    up 6.4 percent of all packaging and 14 percent of all plastic containers,
    including the popular soft drink bottle. Accounting for 43 percent of those
    sold, PET is the most widely used soft drink container. Aluminum, a close
    second, is 34 percent, while glass, which used to be 100 percent of the
    bottles.
    PET bottle resin is a very
    important material driving growth
    in the developed economies, but
    growth of PET fiber remains
    dominant in terms of total
    polyester. PET growth is driven
    differently depending on the
    geographic region. In North
    America and Western Europe, PET
    growth is associated primarily with
    PET bottle resins; demand for PET
    fiber has been in decline since the
    late 1990s. PET growth in most
    other regions is primarily
    associated with PET fiber. Global
    polyester growth will continue to
    be driven by Asia and, more
    specifically, by the Chinese market.
    How It's Made Plastic Bottles & Jars
    PRESENT :
    PURIT THANAKIJKASEM

    BY : FARAMORN YAMKONG
    5310755193

    PRIM THONGCHANTHUEK
    5310755375
    THANK
    YOU

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