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100

This term means means making environmental claims without proof / evidence.

What is greenwashing?

100

This step is by-passed in the orientation process for shrink wrap films.

What is heat-setting?

100

This is the starting structure for the extrusion blow molding process.

What is the parison?

100

This type of mark is a tell-tale sign of injection molding.

What is a gate mark?

100

According to Guinness World Records, this is the best-selling book of all time.

What is the Bible?

200

This is an important factor related to a polymers use to understand if it will truly improve the environmental impact that a polymer has.

What is life cycle analysis?

200

Of the 2 orientation process options (simultaneous or sequential), this process will have more dimensional stability.

What is simultaneous?

200

This blow molding process is typically used when a thin, tall structure is desired.

What is stretch blow molding?

200

This is an adjustment we can make to the runners in the injection molding process to increase production speeds.

What is heat the runners?

200

Genie from Aladdin complained that being cooped up in a lamp gave him such a crick in his neck. Just how long was he in there?

What is 10,000 years?

300

This is the name of the recycling process that breaks down the polymer to the point that it returns all the way back to the original monomers.

What is chemical/advanced/feed stock recycling?

300

This is the temperature range are we aiming for in order to orient a material, if a film has been quenched into an AMORPHOUS state.

What is between Tg & Tm?

300

The rate-determining step within the extrusion blow molding process.

What is the inflation/cooling step?

300

Injection molding is typically reserved for high volume applications and is known for high this which is why is used to make closures with threading.

What is precision?

300

This is the only country in the world with a non-quadrilateral national flag.

What is Nepal?

400

These are polymers that can be digested by naturally occurring biological entities in normal environmental conditions, resulting in CO2 , CH4, H20, etc.

What are biodegradable?

400

These are the 2 main benefits gained from orienting a film.

What are strength and barrier?

400

In an intermittent extrusion blow molding process, this is used to collect the melt.

What is the accumulator?

400

These are the 2 main factors of concern when choosing a resin for injection molding.

What are the running temperature & the viscosity?

400

After Pocahontas was baptized prior to her marriage to John Rolfe, this was her given name. 

What is Rebecca?

500

This type of sorting of whole objects; happens prior to any size reduction or cleaning and can be done by machine or manually.

What is macrosorting?

500

Because of increased hydrogen bonding, this polymer has to be oriented simultaneously.

What is Nylon?

500

This addition can be used to aid in thickness control of an extrusion blow molded structure.

What is a programmed parison/mandrel?

500

The injection molding process that has an extruder screw rotates continuously, molten resin that accumulates in a shooting pot and has a more accurate shot volume is known as this.

What is a non-reciprocating screw?

500

According to Instacart, this is the most disliked food in America.

What are anchovies?