Bubble wrap was the result of a failed attempt at making what out of plastic?
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Bubble Wrap was created by two engineers, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, in 1957. Like many innovations, it was accidental: The two were trying to create a textured plastic wallpaper with paper backing that could be easily cleaned.\nit took me all of 3 seconds to find the answer to this
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plastic and chocolates
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gorilla glue! \nor possibly rubber cemente
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The bubbles are steam, or water vapor.  They are NOT from hydrogen and oxygen.
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Polyvinyl Choloride.  It;s a widley used type of plastic, perhaps most commonly found in costruction with "PVC Pipes".
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I believe it was the comedian, George Carlin who asked that question first.  His theory is that plastic was the one thing the Earth couldn't make so it evolved man to make plastic.  He went on to theorize that man is a parasite to the Earth and eventually "it will shake us off like fleas on a dog"
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Yes it is.\nNitrile and vinyl are also viable alternatives depending on the application.
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Make Bubble solution\n\nDifficulty: Easy\n\nTime Required: 10 minutes plus rest time\n\nWhat You Need:\n1/2 c. dishwashing liquid\n4 1/2 c. water\n4 T. glycerin\nlarge covered container\nbubble wands\n\n\nHere's How:\n1.   Combine 1/2 cup dishwashing detergent, 4 1/2 cups water, and 4 tablespoons of glycerin in a large container with a cover.\n\n2.   Mix well, then allow the mixture to rest, covered, until ready for use.\n\n3.   Pour bubble solution into a shallow container. Dip bubble wands -- such as cookie cutters, shaped pipe cleaners or wire -- into the solution and blow!\n\n\nTips:\nJoy is usually the recommended brand of dishwashing liquid.\nFor best results, use distilled water.\nAs an alternative to glycerin, some recipes recommend using white corn syrup.
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It makes plastic and rubber.
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use aluminum foil shape it up.. then for the final touch super glue it
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I have no idea how legitimate this source is but it does deal with molding plastic. Good Luck!\nhttp://www.epsilonindustries.com/
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I would guess it is made from rapid prototyping:- Fused-deposition modeling.  It technique is call Extrusion of melted plastic. there is more information that you can find. Just keep looking..
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alot of bubble wrap or foam?
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plastic totally plastic u shouldnt use paper (or should you?)
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Are you talking about the coroplast material? It is corogated plastic. They are used for what they call bandit signs. What is your location? I make these signs or you can find a local sign shop.
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Plastic recyling is very difficult because different types of plastic are not miscible with each other.  For this reason, plastic is typically recyled by cutting it into small pieces and then molding it with a binding agent into blocks.  These are then used to replace wood in items like park benches.
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Until very recently, plastic was the wunderkind of the western world. Sleek symbol of modernity and human progress, the invention of plastic has, arguably, touched more lives than any other technological breakthrough. It replaced old and familiar things. The elegant dark heaviness of desks and tables gave way to lighter, pastel colored furnishings, changing the look and feel of home and office. \n\n\nPlastic is perfect for this modern age. It is light, strong, easily molded and durable. It is a throwaway substance, part of the planned obsolescence of modern life. As with synthetic fabrics, many of which are made from plastic, it’s a case of technology improving on nature, a symbol of a less burdensome, more colorful lifestyle. \n\n\n \nOk, I’ll pause now for brickbats from the Environmentalists. Truth is, in this crowded age, some plastics are a bit too cheap and disposable, and much too durable. We want our distant descendants to remember us by the Golden Gate Bridge, the Empire State Building, not by the five billion everlasting Styrofoam cups that are tossed away by Americans every year, or the thousands of tons of plastic bottles, bags, and wrappers, hurled from speeding cars to float forever across the face of the earth. I’m an optimist, though. Scientists are already designing plastics that will simulate nature and return their substance to the earth. \n\n\nRecycling is also gaining momentum, and plastic can be used over and over, remolded to form new food and drink containers, waterproof bags, carpets, industrial paints, flower pots, fences, benches, industrial pallets, and other products. In 1994, 565 million pounds of plastic bottles were recycled, from about 2.5 billion pounds produced. The figure for recycling could probably be bumped up to a billion pounds. And, as with most other procedures involving plastic, recycling is fairly easy. \n\n\nIndeed, the word plastic comes from the Greek word ‘plastikos’, meaning moldable. Since plastic is easy to manufacture, strong, and durable, and is a good insulator to boot, it has made inroads against such traditional materials as natural fibers, wood, metal, and rubber. In many cases, the more traditional products have moved upmarket, while plastic has cheerfully occupied many humdrum, unglamorous niches. Cheap toys, cheap fabrics, cheap furniture, casing, decorations, all are within the purview of this versatile product. Plastic has also taken on some sterner stuff, such as plumbing conduits, gears, bearings, and automobile shells. \n\n\nPlastic had an inauspicious birth. An Englishman, Alexander Parkes, looking for collodion in his medicine cabinet to staunch a wound, discovered that it had gelled into a tough rubbery substance. He was an enterprising man who saw the possibilities, if this substance could be molded. Unfortunately, molding required heat, and heating always made the substance explode. Licking his wounds, Parkes worked on, and finally produced a suitable mixture of collodion, camphor, and ethanol. Parkesine, the first synthetic plastic, was launched in 1865, and the Xylonite company was formed a year later. \n\n\nIn the USA, the Hyatt brothers were working on the same lines, and invented a similar material, which they called celluloid. The year was 1869. In 1877, the Hyatt Company and Xylonite merged into the British Xylonite Company, which exists today as BXL Plastics Ltd. \n\n\nThe man who influenced the plastics industry more than any other, however, was a Belgian, Leo Beakland, who immigrated to the USA in 1889 to better use his talents. In 1907 he invented Bakelite which would dominate plastics for the next 50 years. By 1930, gramophone records, billiard balls (originally made from elephant tusks!), telephones, camera cases, radios and chairs were all made of the new super plastic. \n\n\nHowever, Bakelite really took off after the patent expired in 1927. As the Great Depression took hold, Bakelite came to be seen as a ray of hope for several emb