Polyether ether ketone: Difference between revisions

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|footnotes=<ref>{{cite book |first1=A.K. |last1=van der Vegt |first2=L.E. |last2=Govaert |title=Polymeren, van keten tot kunstof |language=dutch |date=2003 |publisher=DUP Blue |edition=5th |isbn=90-407-2388-5}}</ref>

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'''Polyether ether ketone''' ('''PEEK''') is a colourless [[organic compound|organic]] [[thermoplastic]] [[polymer]] in the [[polyaryletherketone]] (PAEK) family, used in engineering applications. The polymerIt was first developedinvented in November 1978,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Victrex celebrates 40 years of PEEK success|url=https://www.victrex.com/en/news/2018/11/40-years-of-peek-success|access-date=2021-11-01|website=Victrex|language=en}}</ref> initially beingand brought to the market in the early 1980s by the part of [[Imperial Chemical Industries|Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)]] that later became [[Victrex|Victrex PLC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drakeplastics.com/peek/|title=Why PEEK?|website=drakeplastics.com|access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref>

==Synthesis==