Monday, April 29, 2019

Filaments and fibers three times finer than a human hair

Experts have discovered that there is a moment at which a polymer in liquid state -- specifically one that has been worked from polyethylene glycol, which is widely used in industry -- shows greater elasticity that, instead of breaking up and forming drops, the liquid experiences a stretching which causes filaments to be formed.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2vrG8vN

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