Wikipedia:WikiProject Polymers

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WikiProject on Polymers

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The aim of this WikiProject is to organize and disseminate all polymer related information on Wikipedia in a coordinated fashion.

At the moment, we are focusing on a few things (and please, be bold with adding new things to this list!)

  1. Bringing a list of industrially significant polymers up to featured article status.
  2. Doing a "top-down" approach on how to organize polymer articles and related information, possibly with the use of categories which group together significant topics relevant to polymer chemistry.

The approach at the moment is to first bring one polymer article up to featured article status, and then use that article as a template for other polymer articles. Polyethylene might be a good start because of its prevalence and dominance. However, it might be better to pick a more application specific polymer first, because there is too much variability for the definition of these polymers. The articles on polymers generally need to emphasize that they define a class of mixtures of molecules with a particular distribution, et cetera...

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WikiProject Chemistry

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In particular, see the list of polymers in
Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemicals/Organization#Polymers
Should we transfer that list over here to this WikiProject?


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  • Portal:Chemistry is a good place to look! Not directly related to polymers, but related to chemistry.

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[edit] Hierarchy definition

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[edit] Polymer chemistry goals

Try to make an article for each of these topics

Basic definitions

Terms used to describe monomers

  • Monomer functionality
  • Monomer reactivity ratio

Terms used to describe oligomers

  • Oligomerization reaction

Terms used to describe polymers

Types of polymers

Polymer structures

Types of polymerization

Copolymerization reactions

Measurement techniques used for polymers

Fluid and viscosity measurements

Polymer solutions

Mechanical properties and its description

Polymer engineering

  • Molecular weight control
  • Polymerizability
  • Autoacceleration
  • Diffusion controlled termination
  • Initiator efficiency

Related topics

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[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

  • /General
  • /Strategy

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[edit] Infoboxes

  • e.g.{{Infobox Polymers}}

{{Infobox Polymers}}


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New WikiProject Polymers Logo for polymer stubs proposed: Image:Polymers Logo.PNG   Alternative proposal:

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Please feel free to list your new Polymers-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please).

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