Nano-additive modifier now comes in concentrate.Hybrid Plastics, Hattiesburg, Miss., is now making masterbatches of its POSS (polyhedral polyhedral /poly·he·dral/ (-he´dril) having many sides or surfaces. polyhedral having many sides or surfaces. oligomeric silsesquioxane) nanochemicals. These hybrid organic/inorganic additives are cage-like molecules typically measuring 1.5 nanometers wide. They dissolve in a plastic melt and then recrystallize Re`crys´tal`lize v. i. & t. 1. (Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again. on cooling to form a network that can enhance mechanical properties and flame resistance. The company produces 150 different POSS products that can be incorporated into virtually any polymer through blending, grafting grafting, horticultural practice of uniting parts of two plants so that they grow as one. The scion, or cion, the part grafted onto the stock or rooted part, may be a single bud, as in budding, or a cutting that has several buds. , or copolymerization copolymerization (kōpäl´im  rizā´sh . The first commercial use of POSS masterbatches is in food and consumer packaging films. Tel: (601) 544-3466 * PT Direct: 157MZ
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