+slx Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I found a link to this interesting NY Times article on the deterioration of plastics on the HP Museum forum. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) Good article, and somewhat sobering. I read a similar article five or maybe even ten years ago in Smithsonian Air & Space during a prior effort at cleaning and preserving lunar EVA suits from one of the Apollo missions. The rate at which stuff decays is sad, and in some cases, actually dangerous - degraded Kapton wiring caused a fire and fatal crash of Swissair flight 111 in 1998. Edited September 8, 2018 by DrVenkman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Hello guys I fear that one day, my trusty CM8833 monitor will lose its case do to the plastic turning into dust.... Sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Pretty sure it'll go pop long before then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Neoprene (also polychloroprene or pc-rubber) is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene. Neoprene exhibits good chemical stability and maintains flexibility over a wide temperature range. Neoprene is not a plastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 all Plastics are polymers but not all polymers are plastics... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Looks like I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level42 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hello guys I fear that one day, my trusty CM8833 monitor will lose its case do to the plastic turning into dust.... Sincerely Mathy you can buy mine Mathy, I have no use for it anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 There's a great future in plastics. Think about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hello Andre you can buy mine Mathy, I have no use for it anymore. That's beside the point. I should have a replacement somewhere. But if mine is starting to deteriorate, most others will too. Sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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