Polyethylene is the cheapest polymer and ranks first in global polyolefin production. This unique material combines the most valuable properties with the ability to be processed by all high-performance methods available for thermoplastics. It is currently used by many companies to replace wood.
Advantage:
Polyethylene is a plastic compound with good dielectric properties, increased impact resistance and low absorption capacity. No rupture, low gas and vapour permeability. Physiologically neutral, tasteless. Polyethylene is insensitive to any concentration of alkali, any salt solution, hydrofluoric acid and concentrated hydrochloric acid. Resistant to oil, vegetable juice, alcohol, water, gasoline. It is destroyed by nitric acid, gaseous and liquid fluorine and chlorine. It does not dissolve, but swells only slightly in organic solvents. Resistant to heat in vacuum, but will be destroyed when heated to eighty degrees in air.
