Talk:Polymer chemistry

message: Not convinced by the distinction drawn between polymers and macromolecules - I'm inclined to remove it. If anyone can justify retaining it, I'd be interested to know why.
--EllaRess 15:25, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition 

message: Hi contributors
I'm not from this field, so I'm unsure of your protocols. I wonder whether it would be appropriate to include a section at the bottom linking to important polymer chemists who are the subject of WP articles. I've just written one: Robert Gilbert. Tony 00:50, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  section for polymer chemists 

message: Polymer science
Polymer chemistry necesarily have to understand deeply and dominate bulk properties of polymers; Polymer science is part of Material science and this discipline draws on physics and chemistry. So' I erased that weird distinction beetween polymer chemistry and polymer physics because is misleading (you cannot separate this two disciplines in the practice of Polymer science - I know that by practice on the field).
* I reverted this deletion of information. The distinction is based on the IUPAC definition and Wiki does not allow POV or NOR statements (to be blunt: your experience does not count unless you have a relevant publication on this topic). Also deletions are harmful to Wiki, Wiki is supposed to expand not contract. V8rik 15:50, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  3 

message: As I mentioned above, there is lots of good content on this page which has nothing to do with the discipline of polymer chemistry, which is apparently what the article is about.  I've moved that content to the talk page so that people can either:
:(a) find a more appropriate home for it
:(b) rework it to make it fit the subject
From the intro:
*Biopolymers produced by living organisms:
**structural proteins: collagen, keratin, elastin…
**chemically functional proteins: enzymes, hormones, transport proteins…
**structural polysaccharides: cellulose, chitin…
**storage polysaccharides: starch, glycogen…
**nucleic acids: DNA, RNA
*Synthetic polymers used for plastics — fibers, paints, building materials, furniture, mechanical parts, adhesives:
**thermoplastics: polyethylene, Teflon polystyrene, polypropylene, polyester, polyurethane, polymethyl methacrylate, polyvinyl chloride, nylon, rayon, celluloid, silicone, fiberglass…
**thermosetting plastics: vulcanized rubber, Bakelite, Kevlar, epoxy…
Polymers form by polymerization of monomers. A polymer is chemically described by its degree of polymerisation, molar mass distribution, tacticity, copolymer distribution, the degree of branching, by its end-groups,  crosslinks, crystallinity and thermal properties such as its glass transition temperature and melting temperature. Polymers in solution have special characteristics with respect to solubility, viscosity and gelation.
::Where does this belong?  Irene Ringworm 03:44, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Stuff that doesn't belong

message: Is this worth merging with the polymer article? Brammers (talk/c) 18:11, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: Everything pointed out in the talk page is spot on, yet has not been employed. I'm low on time, but someone needs to go through the page and clean it up. It's riddled with typos and discrepancies, and I urge anyone who reads this to please start working on it. I've noticed the different polymer pages are lacking a clear overview of the classifications. The primary polymer page distinguishes them by their chemical/physical properties and by their polymerization process (e.g. condensation), but due to the overlap with the structural classification of synthetic polymers, some information has been neglected and left here instead.
Sarnox (talk) 00:59, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Reworking