Petrochemicals

This six part educational series deals with various aspects of the petrochemical industry and the part products play in everyday life. Parts of the program include: the building blocks, polymerisation reactions, polymers in use, solvents, detergents and industrial chemicals, agricultural chemicals, and chemistry in society.

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Credits

production company

Shell

Duration

00:46:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310295

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Engineering

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

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United Kingdom, 1982

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