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Bart

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> Original Poster: RWB355-at-aol-dot-com
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have been following the capacitor posts with great interest. I am as
always
> on the lookout for new ideas. The other day (it was my momīs birthday) I
> unwrapped some flowers out of their plastic wrap. I was wondering if anyone
> knows what this plastic warp is made of. It is completely clear, hard to the
> touch (as opposed to PE which feels soft and waxy), if you crease it
sharply a
> white line appears along the crease. It surface is pretty hard and not so
> easily scratched. If you pull it, it hardly streches (and is very hard to
do,
> unlike PE). It also "crackles" when crumpled (also unlike PE). The
material is
> very hard to ignite. It shrivels up and melts into a pool before you can get
> it to ignite (which takes very long....unlike PE, too). Once it burns, it
> burns with a pale blue flame, with hardly any smoke or carbon particles. The
> plastic itself has no smell at all. When it burns there is a distinct
smell of
> burning plastic (I canīt describe it better, but it doesnīt smell like
> paraffin---> like burning PE). The material is not attacked by any kind of
> solvent or glue and nothing sticks to it (Which leads me to believe it is
not
> PVC based). The material is approx. 3 mils thick.
> I havenīt gotten around to hv destruction testing yet.
>
> Anyone got any ideas what this is?
>
> Coiler greets from germany,
> Reinhard

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