May 18, 2013
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Polyethylene or polythene is the most common plastic. The annual production is approximately 80 million metric tons. Its primary use is in packaging. Many kinds of polyethylene are known, with most having the chemical formula nH2. Thus PE is usually a mixture of similar organic compounds that differ in terms of the value of n.
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