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Poly(methyl methacrylate)
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Poly is a synthetic polymer derived from methyl methacrylate. It is a transparent thermoplastic used as an engineering plastic. PMMA is also known as acrylic and acrylic glass and by the trade names a
Lichtenberg figure: high-voltage dielectric breakdown in an acrylic polymer block
Lichtenberg figure: high-voltage dielectric breakdown in an acrylic polymer block
Pieces of Plexiglas taken from the windscreen of a German plane shot down during World War II
Pieces of Plexiglas taken from the windscreen of a German plane shot down during World War II
Cast Acrylic
Cast Acrylic
Close-up of pressure sphere of the bathyscaphe Trieste, with a single conical window of PMMA set into sphere hull. The very small black circle (smalle
Close-up of pressure sphere of the bathyscaphe Trieste, with a single conical window of PMMA set into sphere hull. The very small black circle (smaller than the man's head) is the inner side of the plastic "window", only a few inches in diameter. The larger circular clear black area represents the larger outer side of the thick one-piece plastic cone "window".
Summerland disaster
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The Summerland disaster occurred when a fire spread through the Summerland leisure centre in Douglas on the Isle of Man on the night of 2 August 1973. Fifty people were killed and 80 seriously injured
Poly(methyl methacrylate)
…started building large aquariums when poly(methyl methacrylate) could be used. It is less often used in other building types due to incidents such as the Summerland disaster. PMMA is used for viewing ports and even complete pressure hulls of submersibles, such as the Alicia submarine's viewing sphere and the window of the…
The burnt out remains of the centre in September 1973, one month after the fire.
The burnt out remains of the centre in September 1973, one month after the fire.
The rebuilt, smaller Summerland with Manx Electric Railway, 1978
The rebuilt, smaller Summerland with Manx Electric Railway, 1978
The Kaye Memorial Garden
The Kaye Memorial Garden
English and Manx inscription on the Summerland Disaster memorial
English and Manx inscription on the Summerland Disaster memorial