‘Thermo’ indicates that heat will be involved in the way the polymer is shaped, and ‘set’ means that once the polymer has been set in that shape, heat will not alter the form ...

This clip could lead into broader discussion of different polymers, their properties and uses. Students could work in groups to list all the uses for polymers in their everyday life.

Some polymers contain only one type of monomer as their building block; others, known as copolymers, may contain two or more different types of monomer. The OECD defines a polymer in more detail as: ...

Institute, spans 434 pages and covers 17 bio-based building blocks and all commercially available bio-based polymers. It ...