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Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging and labeling, textiles (e.g., ropes, thermal underwear and carpets), stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes. An addition polymer made from the monomer propylene, it is rugged and unusually resistant to many chemical solvents, bases and acids.(Wikipedia)
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Any of a large set of hydrocarbon materials, in the form of polymers, which are usually derived from Petroleum products. Plastics have a tremendous variety of material properties including a wide range of values for opacity, density, ductility etc. and are pervasive in modern Manufacture (-ing).
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