Explain the features of polythene.
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Polyethylene is a very flexible material with very unique flow properties that makes it particularly suitable to plastic film applications like shopping bags. Polyethylene has high ductility but low tensile strength which is evident in the real world by its propensity to stretch when strained.Polyethylene (PE), light, versatile synthetic resin made from the polymerization of ethylene. Polyethylene is a member of the important family of polyclinic resins.It is used to make plastic bags, bottles and children's toys. Like other plastics, it is composed of polymers, or long chains of molecules. In this case, the molecules are made entirely of carbon and hydrogen atoms. ... This will begin a reaction that causes the ethylene molecules to form the polymer polyethylene.