Hipkins,+Garrett

"Polymers in the Field" I found this article very interesting. I thought the history of the artificial grass was quite interesting. I did not know that it was made out of nylon, the same stuff as toothbrushes. I also found the part of how the name became Astroturf interesting and how this stuck when the grass was used in Texas. I also thought the part of the article where it talks about the construction of the field with the Astroturf was interesting. I thought it was funny how the schools use the rubber granules to justify the building of the field. I also found the process of vulcanization elastomer chains interesting. This article is very relevant to chemistry because in order to build the field and track, there was a lot of chemical items and processes that were used to create the different parts of the field and the track.

Garrett, Looks good. You picked out some interesting facts. 5 stars. MW

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