Alyssa R.
asked • 02/11/20What are some household items that can be used to create plastic polymers? I have this project for school that assigns me to create a polymer made from a chemical reaction but I'm stuck on ideas and would greatly appreciate some help. Thank you.
J.R. S. answered • 02/11/20
Ph.D. University Professor with 10+ years Tutoring Experience
Do a search for “homemade polymer clay” and ”hits” on this. The ingredients usually consist of the following:
cup white glue
cup cornstarch
tablespoons mineral oil
tablespoon lemon juice
Good luck.
Inactive Tutor answered • 02/11/20
Take olive oil, and spread it on a piece of glass and heat it in the oven at 400F for an hour or two until it is dry.. You will have a polymer film where the oil was. Look up "olive oil", and "drying oil" online and explain for your assignment what happened when you heated the olive oil. Olive oil used to be the oil used for making paint for art centuries ago.
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The polymer is already in the white glue,Polyvinyl acetate. And the corn starch already is a polymer. She is asking to make a homemade one from a chemical reaction. Sending her in that direction won't help her.02/11/20