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PRODUCT SIZE
6x1200x2400mm
8x2500x1050mm

GEOLOGICAL PERIOD
Carboniferous & Pemian
250 - 369 MYA

COMPOSITION
Hydrocarbon fuels
Bisphenol A
Phosgene (reaction)
Salt
Sand
GEOLOGICAL BIO
What a perfectly clear sheet of polycarbonate does not reveal is its origins in oil. The obscure, difficult-to-pronounce chemical ingredients that make up polycarbonate, such as Bisphenol A and Phosgene, actually derive from petro-chemical processes that involve the burning of coal, crude oil, or natural gas.

Nonrenewable oil and gas (upon which our vast depots of petroleum-based products rely) was formed over 106 million years in the Carboniferous and Permian periods — a mere 2.3% of the earth’s long geological history.

EXTRACTION / MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Melt polycarbonate pellet ︎︎︎ Add additives ︎︎︎ Force composition under high pressure into a mold ︎︎︎ Extrude or Inject plastic into product shape ︎︎︎ Load for delivery


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