Assertion: polymer | /r/HasProperty | flexible
Facets:
value: naturally
type: MANNER
value: to be strong
type: PURPOSE
value: with a higher tensile strength
type: OTHER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Some polymers are flexible.
text: Polymers are generally considered flexible where the persistence length is one of the most important characteristics representing stiffness or flexibility.
text: Polymers can be flexible, pliable and stretchy.
text: Polymers tend to be dense, strong, and flexible.
text: Polymers tend to be dense, strong, and flexible.
text: In order for a polymer to be flexible, its various units or segments must be able to move.
text: For synthetic polymers such as poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and polystyrene (Figure 13), plasticizers are added that allow the polymers to be flexible.
text: In contrast to P(3HB), the polymer of 4-hydroxybutyrate, P(4HB), is elastic and flexible with a higher tensile strength.
text: While some polymers, like rubber, are naturally flexible, others, such as lignin or cellulose nitrate, are comparatively rigid and cannot be softened by exposure to non-solvent materials.