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Polycarbonate
In 1953 Hermann Schnell at Bayer joined bisphenol A into long chains through carbonate links and got a clear plastic of remarkable toughness. Daniel Fox at General Electric reached the same material independently the same year, and both companies were selling it by around 1960.
**US 3,028,365**, "Thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonates and their manufacture", Schnell, Bottenbruch and Krimm, assigned to Bayer, filed 12. October 1954, granted 3. April 1962, claims "a high molecular weight, thermoplastic polycarbonate having a melting point of at least about 135°C", made from bisphenol A among a wider family.
**The classic route uses phosgene, a war gas.** You build a drop-weight rig and find the energy that cracks acrylic - then drop the same on polycarbonate.
初学者
2 hours
说明
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The specimen table
The specimen table
Cut a 300 x 300 mm plywood board and bore a 100 mm hole in its centre with the hole saw. Rest it on two blocks so the hole is open underneath.
此步骤所需材料：
胶合板1 个所需工具：
手锯
开孔器套装
充电式电钻2
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The drop tube
The drop tube
Take 2 m of 32 mm PVC pipe. Mark heights from the bottom every 100 mm and drill a 3 mm hole straight through at each mark. A nail through a hole holds the ball; pulling it drops the ball from that height.
此步骤所需材料：
PVC 管2 米
钉子1 个所需工具：
卷尺
油漆记号笔套装充电式电钻
盒装钻头组3
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Stand it plumb
Stand it plumb
Clamp the tube to a post or bench leg with pipe clamps, its bottom 10 mm above the hole's centre. Check it with the plumb bob in two directions.
所需工具：
管夹
线锤4
4
Clamp a sheet
Clamp a sheet
Cut 150 x 150 mm squares of 3 mm acrylic and 3 mm polycarbonate. Leave the protective film on. Clamp one over the hole at all four corners.
此步骤所需材料：
亚克力板1 个
聚碳酸酯板（透明）1 个所需工具：
C 形夹
透明安全眼镜5
5
Climb the ladder
Climb the ladder
Glasses on. Weigh the 25 mm ball. Drop it from 100 mm, then 200 mm, and so on, on a fresh spot each time, until the acrylic cracks. Record that height. If it survives the top hole, repeat with the 1 kg weight as in the next step.
所需工具：
钢制滚珠轴承
精密数字天平透明安全眼镜6
6
Same on polycarbonate
Same on polycarbonate
Repeat the whole ladder on polycarbonate. If it survives the top hole, tape the 1 kg weight to a rounded bolt head and drop that from 1.8 m outside the tube, hands clear.
所需工具：
配重透明安全眼镜7
7
Energy at failure
Energy at failure
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History & Context
History & Context
**What the patent specifies:** high-molecular aromatic polycarbonates from dihydroxy compounds such as bisphenol A, melting at 135 °C or more. **Modern build (derived):** extruded clear polycarbonate sheet.
It went into safety glasses, riot shields, machine guards, bottles and later CDs. Its limits: it scratches easily, yellows in sunlight without a UV coat, is attacked by some solvents, and bisphenol A leaching from food containers made many makers switch those to other plastics.
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