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Plastic Bag
Video: Oil to plastic
Video: From oil to plastic
How stuff works: Plastic
How stuff works: How Plastics Work
All about plastics
Plastic Bottle
Plastics: The Basics
Video: What is crude oil?
How Stuff Works: Plastics
All about bags and plastics
Disposable Diaper
Don't Pooh Pooh
Video: How disposable diapers are made
Clothe v s. Disposable
The Diaper Wars
Nylon
Physical Properties of Nylon
Focus on Fabrics: Putting Materials to Good Use
How Nylon is Made
Understanding the Impact of Different Fiber
Chemical Bond 1
Chemical Bond 2
Chemical Bond 3
Video: Nylon
Rayon
Rayon Physical Characteristics 1
Rayon Physical Characteristics 2
Focus on Fabrics
How Rayon is Made
Understanding the Impact of Different Fibers
Chemical Bond
Polyester
Polyester Physical Properties
Focus on Fabrics: Putting Materials to Good Use
How Polyester is Made
Heavy Impacts of Fiber Production
Chemical Bond
Video: Polyester
Synthetic Fuel
Do you want Biodiesal with that?
Green Gasoline
What is a synfuel?
Top 8 Synthetic Fuels
Kevlar
How Kevlar Works
Overview of Kevlar
How to bond Kevlar
Disadvantages of Kevlar (also links to history and chemical bond)
Chemical Bond
Synthetic Rubber
American Chemical Society, National Historic Chemical Landmarks, U.S. Synthetic Rubber Program
Explain that Stuff, Rubber
Video: Akron Global Polymer Academy, A Brief History of Rubber
Video: Discovery Communications, How It's Made - Synthetic Rubber
Aspirin
ChemMatters, Aspirin
About.com, Inventors, History of Aspirin
Chemical Heritage Foundation, Aspirin: Turn of the Century Miracle Drug
The Conversation, Natural Medicine is Great but Chemists Can Make it Even Better
Industrial / Gorilla Glass
Glass Advantages / Disadvantages / Properties
Corning Gorilla Glass
The Glass Age, Part 2: Strong, Durable Glass (YouTube video)
Fused Silica vs. Quartz
How Gorilla Glass Works
Will Gorilla Glass Keep iPhones From Shattering?
What is Gorilla Glass?
Chemical Bond 1
Chemical Bond 2
Video: Gorilla Glass
Artificial Sweetner
The Skinny on Sweeteners
Artificial
Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners
Real or Fake Sugar?
Artificial sweetener persists in the environment
Sustainable Agriculture: Sugarcane
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