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VIDEO CAMERA
If Vladímir Kozmich Zvorykin and John Logie Baird hadn´t worked in the record of images on movement, there wouldn’t have existed video cameras. -
POLYSTYRENE - STYROFOAM
If Eduard Simon, hadn´t discovered polystyrene, the garbage dump wouldn´t have filled faster. The plastic No 6 is called Polystyrene which include toys and novelties, rigid packaging, refrigerator trays and boxes, cosmetic packs and costume jewellery, lighting diffusers, audio cassette and CD cases. -
CELLULOID...
If John Wesley Hyatt hadn´t invented celluloid, people couldn´t have watched a movie film. Celluloid was the first element related with plastic materials. In the beginning it was used format for movie film. -
PHONE
If Alexander Graham Bell hadn´t invented the phone, we couldn´t have communicated with our families abroad. -
SYNTHETIC RESIN...
If Leo Hendrik Baekeland hadn’t discovered formaldehyde resins, we wouldn´t have known what plastics are. Formaldehyde resins is first fully synthetic resin to become commercially successful. -
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC)
If Waldo Semon and the B.F. Goodrich hadn´t developed PVC, the drainage pipes would have made in clay. The plastic No 3 is called PVC, which include window frames, drainage pipe, water service pipe. -
LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (LDPE)
I´m going to shop, if scientists hadn´t developed LDPE, people wouldn't have known plastic bags. The plastic No 4 is called Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), which include toys and carrier bags. -
POLYETHYLENE HIGH-DENSITY (PEHD)
If Karl Ziegler hadn´t invented PEHD we would have had our own containers to carry cleaning products and If Karl Ziegler hadn´t invented PEHD it wouldn´t have existed plastic implants to help people with fractures. The plastic No 2 is called PEHD – (POLYETHYLENE HIGH-DENSITY). Most of the container for cleaning products come in High-density polyethylene or PEHD. It is also used in medical sector to repair broken hands or arms. -
POLYPROPYLENE (PP)
If Giulio Natta hadn´t discovered Polypropylene, all food would have packed with dark paper. The plastic No 5 is called Polypropylene (PP). Most of the products we consume daily come in non- Polystyrene returnable container. -
POLY-ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET)
If poly-ethylene terephthalate (pet) hadn´t discovered, all soft drinks would have been in glass bottles or cans. The plastic No 1 is called PET, which include: Water bottles, soft and fizzy drink bottles. Most of the soft drink come in plastic bottles (PET) and it was patented in 1973 by Nathaniel Wyeth.
