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English: PET plastic which has been heated over a candle then cooled, recrystallising in the process. The plastic sample was the base out of a two litre fruit juice bottle. The background grid has a one centimetre pitch in both axes. The identification number of the plastic type (one for PET) is visible to the left of the recrystallised region.
Français : Plastique PET ayant été chauffé par une bougie, puis refroidi, provoquant une cristallisation partielle du polymère. L'échantillon de plastique est le fond d'une bouteille de jus de fruits d'une contenance de deux litres. La grille en arrière-plan a un pas de un centimètre selon les deux axes. On peut voir le numéro d'identification de la résine (« 1 » pour le PET) à gauche de la région semi-cristaline.
Date 10 August 2006 (original upload date)
Source Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
Author John Dalton at English Wikipedia

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  • 2006-08-10 08:41 John Dalton 1401×978×8 (257133 bytes) PET plastic which has been heated over a candle then cooled, recrystallising in the process. The pastic sample was the base out of a two litre fruit juice bottle. The background grid is one centimetre squares. The identification number of the plastic t

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