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To: nickcarraway

Aren’t plastics generally carbon containing?

Wouldn’t that make them, by definition, organic?


2 posted on 01/09/2024 12:54:28 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Back to Chem 101 for you.


7 posted on 01/09/2024 1:08:57 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Paladin2

Many plastics are indeed organic compounds. Polyolefins (polyethylene, polypropylene, etc including their derivatives), nylon and its derivatives, vinyl and its derivatives, for example, are all organic compounds.

Silicones are NOT organic compounds.


12 posted on 01/09/2024 1:46:24 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Paladin2

CN-


25 posted on 01/09/2024 2:26:04 PM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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