EP#10 - The Polymer Pyramid Principle

About this episode

The episode explores the Polymer Pyramid, a framework for understanding different types of polymers.

In this episode of Innovation Discussed, Mark is once again joined by Goodfellow materials experts, Dr Aphrodite Tomou and Adam Sells, to have his eyes opened to the world of advanced materials. This week, they demystify the Polymer Pyramid, a simple but powerful framework for navigating the vast landscape of plastics. Aphrodite and Adam explain how this model organises polymers into three performance tiers, Commodity, Engineering, and High-Performance, and why understanding this structure is...

People in this episode

Host: Mark

Guests: Dr Aphrodite Tomou, Adam Sells

Topics covered

• advanced materials
• polymers
• Polymer Pyramid
• performance tiers
• plastics

Keywords

• Polymer Pyramid
• advanced materials
• Commodity
• Engineering
• High-Performance
• plastics
• performance tiers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goodfellow

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