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From: Sustainable and recyclable super engineering thermoplastic from biorenewable monomer

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Preparation and thermal/mechanical properties of the bio-based super engineering plastic. a Synthetic scheme of (top) ISB- and (bottom) BPA-based poly(arylene ether)s, which are designated as SUPERBIO and BPA-SEP, respectively. b Photograph of the polymerisation reactor at 1-kg-scale, and the SUPERBIO product. c Ashby plot of ultimate tensile strength versus glass transition temperature. d Coefficient of thermal expansion of petrochemical plastics/thermosets/ pseudo-thermoplastics, bio-based high Tg thermoplastics, SUPERBIO, and BPA-SEP at 30–80 °C

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