Comments on: Polymer Chemistry is the Home Depot of Chemistry? http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/12/13/polymer-chemistry-is-the-home-depot-of-chemistry/ exploring high-performance soot and other interesting polymers Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:47:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: merkwuerden http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/12/13/polymer-chemistry-is-the-home-depot-of-chemistry/comment-page-1/#comment-6614 merkwuerden Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:23:45 +0000 http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/12/13/polymer-chemistry-is-the-home-depot-of-chemistry/#comment-6614 <p>It is not only true but right to call Polymer chemistry the "Home Depot" of Chemistry. Take a look at the materials you can buy at Home Depot or any other Home Depot style outfit for example: there is nothing that does not contain functional polymers or is made using polymers, even the plaster and concrete contain admixtures, well except for the distilled water, however you get it in a polythene bottle so in a way it should count.</p> <p>So now I am off to exploring some other aspect of goo, the literal power in goo.....</p> It is not only true but right to call Polymer chemistry the “Home Depot” of Chemistry. Take a look at the materials you can buy at Home Depot or any other Home Depot style outfit for example: there is nothing that does not contain functional polymers or is made using polymers, even the plaster and concrete contain admixtures, well except for the distilled water, however you get it in a polythene bottle so in a way it should count.

So now I am off to exploring some other aspect of goo, the literal power in goo…..

]]> By: kayesdee http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/12/13/polymer-chemistry-is-the-home-depot-of-chemistry/comment-page-1/#comment-6596 kayesdee Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:54:27 +0000 http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/12/13/polymer-chemistry-is-the-home-depot-of-chemistry/#comment-6596 <p>Good to know there is one reader of this blog. It will be reactivated, even though this is a painful process. ;)</p> <p>I really liked the analogy. A lot of what polymer chemistry can be is "home depot". And, being in industry, working on stuff that is close to technical problems, this often is even more so.</p> <p>If there is interest in these "viewpoints", we could rant on about it. If. ;)</p> Good to know there is one reader of this blog. It will be reactivated, even though this is a painful process. ;)

I really liked the analogy. A lot of what polymer chemistry can be is “home depot”. And, being in industry, working on stuff that is close to technical problems, this often is even more so.

If there is interest in these “viewpoints”, we could rant on about it. If. ;)

]]> By: Andrew Sun http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/12/13/polymer-chemistry-is-the-home-depot-of-chemistry/comment-page-1/#comment-6317 Andrew Sun Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:04:26 +0000 http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/12/13/polymer-chemistry-is-the-home-depot-of-chemistry/#comment-6317 <p>I swear I will reply to every post of this blog.</p> <p>With regard of this quote, it did represent some feeling around polymer chemists. But 'polymer chemistry' is sometimes misused to call the whole polymer science. If it was not here and meant 'polymer synthesis' I think it is now that frustrating. I feel that we know more 'why' in synthesis than in polymer physics.</p> I swear I will reply to every post of this blog.

With regard of this quote, it did represent some feeling around polymer chemists. But ‘polymer chemistry’ is sometimes misused to call the whole polymer science. If it was not here and meant ‘polymer synthesis’ I think it is now that frustrating. I feel that we know more ‘why’ in synthesis than in polymer physics.

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