polypropene

polypropene

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
English propene
English polypropene

    From poly- + propene.

    Noun

    polypropene (countable and uncountable, plural polypropenes)

    1. (organic chemistry) Alternative form of polypropylene.
      • 2000, T. J. Menke, Z. Funke, R.-D. Maier, J. Kressler, “Surface Tension Measurements on Ethene−Butene Random Copolymers and Different Polypropenes”, in Macromolecules‎[1], →ISSN:
        Furthermore, the surface tensions of isotactic polypropene (i-PP) and syndiotactic polypropene (s-PP) are measured.

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