polyethylene

most common thermoplastic polymer
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polyethylene

Summary

polyethylene is a type of polymer[1]. polyethylene draws 1,022 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_polymer category, ranking #6 of 54).[2]

Key Facts

  • polyethylene's instance of is recorded as type of polymer[3].
  • polyethylene's instance of is recorded as resin[4].
  • polyethylene's instance of is recorded as Vinyl polymer[5].
  • polyethylene's instance of is recorded as polyolefin[6].
  • polyethylene's instance of is recorded as saturated compound[7].
  • polyethylene is a type of recyclable material[8].
  • polyethylene is a type of thermoplastic[9].
  • polyethylene's Commons category is recorded as Polyethylene[10].
  • polyethylene's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1933[11].
  • polyethylene's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polyethylene[12].
  • polyethylene's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • polyethylene's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[14].
  • polyethylene's polymer of is recorded as ethylene[15].
  • polyethylene's polymer of is recorded as methylene group[16].
  • polyethylene's shear modulus is recorded as {'unit': 'Q53448922', 'amount': '+0.117'}[17].
  • polyethylene's relative permittivity is recorded as {'amount': '+2.3'}[18].
  • polyethylene's CXSMILES is recorded as []CC[] |Sg:n:1,2::ht|[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of polymer[3], resin[4], Vinyl polymer[5], polyolefin[6], and saturated compound[7]. Recorded subclass of include recyclable material[8] and thermoplastic[9].

Why It Matters

polyethylene draws 1,022 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_polymer category, ranking #6 of 54).[2] polyethylene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] polyethylene is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . a-hospital.com. a-hospital.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q117084898. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th edition). wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14h ago · Egon Willighagen · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image commons → —
    Image license type → —
    Image url → —
    Image → Polyethylene repeat unit.svg, Polyethylene-3D-vdW.png, Polyethylene balls1.jpg
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Polyethylene balls1.jpg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791046872089"
  2. 23d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iev number → 212-16-28
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8855]]: 212-16-28, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102057380|polyethylene (#102057380)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3984|IEC 60050]] #mix'"
  3. 5w ago · Gmrozz · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Relative permittivity → {'amount': '+2.3'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P5675]]: 2.3, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787909076212"
  4. 13w ago · JoanofPolymer · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time of discovery or invention → +1933-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P575]]: 1933"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → recyclable material, thermoplastic
    Polymer of → ethylene, methylene group
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12223, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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