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Plexiglass

 >>    name         K. Mistry
 >>    status       student
 >>    age          20s

 >>    Question -   What is Plexiglass?  Is it the same as
 >> polycarbonate?  and what are its electrical properties?

Plexiglas is the same chemically as Lucite:  poly(methyl methacrylate).
Polycarbonate is Lexan.  The elecrtical properties of Plexiglas are pretty
boring:  it is an insulator.


                Richard Barrans Jr., Ph.D.
                Chemical Separations Group
                Chemistry Division CHM/200
                Argonne National Laboratory
                9700 South Cass Avenue
                Argonne, IL 60439

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