The Polymer Explosion

October 4, 2018
9 min
Engineering - Episode 20: The Polymer Explosion

Engineering - Episode 20: The Polymer Explosion

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Overview

We’re continuing our look at engineering materials with third main type of material that you’ll encounter as an engineer: polymers. They’re made of long, repeating chains of smaller molecules known as monomers and today we’ll explore their strange history of polymers and the things that contributed to how we use them today.

Episode Information

TV Show

Crash Course Engineering

Season

Engineering

Episode Number

20

Air Date

October 4, 2018

Runtime

9 minutes