Nalgene™ Narrow-Mouth HDPE Lab Quality Bottles with Closure, 8mL - FAQs

I need a polypropylene product but all I can find is polypropylene copolymer. What‘s the difference?

At the molecular level, polypropylene copolymer consists of a pattern of co-polymerized ethylene and propylene monomer “units” and so in some ways could be considered a “mixture” of polyethylene and polypropylene. It was created in order to combine some of the ideal properties of each; i.e., the high-temperature warping resistance of polypropylene and the low-temperature brittleness resistance of polyethylene. The polymer industry's standard nomenclature for this material is polypropylene copolymer. In common parlance, however, “polypropylene” can often refer to copolymer (PPCO) as well as “pure” polypropylene (homopolymer, PP or PPHO) consisting entirely of propylene monomers. Many of the product molds we use for PPCO items were set up to stamp a “PP” material specification on the base, which can be misleading. Our specification sheets and compliance certificates, however, always accurately identify the material in question.