Wikipedia:WikiProject Polymers

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to polymers. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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Title

WikiProject on Polymers

Scope

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...

Other WikiProjects

Parentage

WikiProject Chemistry

Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Forestry

Similar WikiProjects are:

• WikiProject Chemicals

In particular, see the list of polymers in

Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemicals/Organization#Polymers

Should we transfer that list over here to this WikiProject?

Portal

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

Related pages in Sister projects

• Polymer chemistry & Polymers‎
• Wikibooks:Polymers
• Wikiversity:Portal:Polymer chemistry & Wikiversity:Polymers
• Wikiquote:Polymer chemistry
• Wiktionary:Polymer

Sister Project Searches

• WikiBooks search
• Google WikiBooks search
• WikiQuote search
• Google WikiQuote search
• WikiSource search
• Google WikiSource search

Participants

If you are interested join with us, please add your user name to the list! Do so by adding * ~~~~ to the end of the list.
Join below

• Muzammil Iqbal 5 July 2005 12:43 (UTC)
• HappyCamper 5 July 2005 12:43 (UTC)
• ChemGardener 16:03, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
• Joel 15:59, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• rolandog 20:04, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
• Nathaniel 03:37, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
• H Padleckas 05:07, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
• abakharev 02:11, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
• Hispalois 10:05, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• SparkyOC (talk) 12:06, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
• Mothball (talk) 13:20, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
• UMChemProfessor (talk) 15:11, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
• - Vis M (talk) 11:19, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
• GregCM1
• StuPat (talk) 11:50, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
• Shishir Kumar CIPET,India)
• Walkerma (talk) 18:11, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
• Adam Rees, user:adamrees89 11:48, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
• --Minihaa (talk) 09:00, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
• CraftyChemist (talk) 21:43, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
• Cmcfaul (talk) 20:07, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
• HokiePE (talk) 01:00, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
• SPT ChrisFellows (talk) 14:22, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
•  — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)  22:19, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
• Gmrozz (talk) 04:25, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
• MesoAlchemy (talk) 06:12, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
• Lsosavargas (talk) 14:36, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
• Chenomic (talk) 14:51, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
• GRALISTAIR (talk) 16:19, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
• KiarashFa (talk) 19:54, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Goals

Try to make an article for each of these topics

Basic definitions Polymer science Polymer chemistry Materials science Macromolecular chemistry Terms used to describe monomers Monomer functionality Monomer reactivity ratio Terms used to describe oligomers Oligomerization reaction Terms used to describe polymers Chain length Structural unit Repeating unit Backbone and Backbone chain Pendant groups End-groups Degree of polymerization Linkages Molecular weight distribution Differential molecular weight distribution Integral molecular weight distribution Molecular weight Number average molecular weight Weight average molecular weight Viscosity average molecular weight Z average molecular weight Z-plus-1 average molecular weight Polydispersity index Hydrodynamic radius Cross linking Critical conversion for gelation Number fraction Weight fraction Viscosity fraction Types of polymers Homopolymer Copolymers Random polymers Graft polymers Alternating polymers Block polymers Branch polymers Arborescent polymers Dendritic polymers Polymer structures Conformational isomerism Geometric isomerism Tacticity Stereoisomerism Isotactic polymer Syndiotactic polymer Atactic polymer Crystalline polymer Amorphous polymer Types of polymerization Polymerization reaction Condensation polymerization Addition polymerization Chain growth polymerization Radical polymerization Anionic polymerization Living polymerization Cationic polymerization Interfacial polymerization Emulsion polymerization Coordinated polymerization Propagation modes Chain transfer Ring-opening polymerization Copolymerization reactions Cross polymerization Homopolymerization Microstructure Microstructure plot Random copolymers Blocky copolymers Alternating copolymers Azeotropic copolymerization Integrated copolymerization equation Feed composition Average copolymer composition Multicomponent copolymerization Resonance shifts Drift Steric effects Polar effects Q-e scheme Curing Gelation Measurement techniques used for polymers Size exclusion chromatography Universal size exclusion chromatography Gel permeation chromatography Ebullioscopy Cryoscopy Vapour pressure depression Vapour pressure osmometry Membrane osmometry End group analysis Titration Light scattering Refractive index increment Zimm plot Differential refractometer UV absorbance Fluorescence Spectrofluorometer Fluid and viscosity measurements Viscometry, Viscometer Absolute viscosity Relative viscosity Specific viscosity Reduced viscosity Elution time Elution volume Theta solvent Compatibility Polymer solutions Mixture Transparency Flory-Huggins solution theory Delta parameters Polymer blending Demixing Mechanical properties and its description Viscoelasticity Additives Plasticizers Thermal transitions Glassy state Melting Melt crystallization Spherulites Crystallite Annealing Row mediated structure Fiber drawing Superdrawn fibers Elastic modulus Tensile deformation Shear deformation Stress relaxation Maxwell element Polymer engineering Molecular weight control Polymerizability Autoacceleration Diffusion controlled termination Initiator efficiency Related topics Initiation (chemistry) Initiator Cocatalyst Carbenium ion Equilibrium Cyclic ethers Ziegler–Natta catalysis Metallocene catalysis polymerization Propagation Termination Thermoplastic elastomers Statistical copolymers Biochemistry Proteins Second virial coefficients Ideal solutions Raoult's law Volatility Poiseuille equation Catalyst Kinetic analysis Resonance stabilization Disproportionation Elastomer Polymer crystallization Steady state assumption Ion exchange resins Merrifield resin Ionomers Surlyn resins Nucleophile Aggregation

Pages needing attention

See:Category:Polymers articles needing attention

Other subpages

• /Article alerts

Articles to be merged

• 30 Apr 2024 – Dyneema Composite Fabric (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene by 2A02:A473:FE0C:1:3D9B:D84D:62D8:17C2 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 19 Mar 2024 – Draft:Labthink International and Instruments (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lisapaulinet (t · c)

Templates

Templates used by WikiProject Polymers

What to type	What it is for
Stub template
{{Polymer-stub}}	To be placed in articles which are stubs.
Banner of the project
{{WikiProject Polymers}}	To be placed on the talk page of those articles which are in the scope of this project.
Navigation templates
{{Plastics}}	A table which lists a number of important plastics. To be placed at the bottom of plastic related topics.
{{HealthIssuesOfPlastics}}	A nav. box containing polymers and plasticizers which have health issues or associated problems. To be placed at the bottom of appropriate articles concerned with it.
Infoboxes
Currently most of the polymer articles use {{Chembox}} as an infobox. Some use simple tables. An infobox completely dedicated to polymers has not yet developed.

Categories

Article categories

Polymer chemistry

Dimers (chemistry)

Fiberglass

Polymer structural groups

Polymer science journals

Polymer manufacturers

Monomers

Oligomers

Organic solar cells

Polymer physics

Polymer scientists and engineers

Polymerization reactions

Polymers

Porous polymers

Polymer material properties

Radical initiators

Project related categories

WikiProject Polymers

Pages using WikiProject Polymers with unknown parameters

Polymers articles needing expert attention

Lists

• List of synthetic polymers contains list of examples and brand names
• List of polyurethane applications
• Thermoplastic contains an extensive list
• Elastomer lists a number of rubbers

German lists include

• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurzzeichen_%28Kunststoff%29 Kurzzeichen (Kunststoff) (Abbreviations (Plastics))
• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunststoff Kunststoff (Plastics)

Articles

Article alerts

Articles to be merged

• 30 Apr 2024 – Dyneema Composite Fabric (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene by 2A02:A473:FE0C:1:3D9B:D84D:62D8:17C2 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 19 Mar 2024 – Draft:Labthink International and Instruments (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lisapaulinet (t · c)

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Did you know?

• Arboform on 4 August 2012. (See:Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/August)

Entry: "Did you know ... that scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology won the 2010 European Inventor Award for their work on the development of liquid wood?"

• High-refractive-index polymer on 21 April 2011. (see:Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/April)

Entry: "Did you know ... that addition of sulfur increases refractive index of polymers?"

• Crystallization of polymers on 2 June 2010. (see:Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/June)

Entry: "Did you know ... that crystallization of polymers proceeds through the formation of spherulites (example pictured)?"

Watchlists

• External watchlist
• All namespace - including maintanence pages related to polymers.
  • Articles - includes all articles in the category:Polymers
  • Recent discussions - on article talkpages.

Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion for improving articles.

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