A polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material

Usage examples of polypropylene.

Secret Service resources air-lifted to Alupka produced a Benzedrine pill, two lightweight but super-intensity torches with long-life lithium batteries, a 1,000ft roll of yellow polypropylene string with a lOOlb breaking strength, two cans of spray paint in Day-glo orange, a Walkie-Talkie good for three miles, a roll of black electrical tape, a 9mm Beretta, and the toughest item - which had to draw on the even greater resources of Russia - an ice-hockey stick from the local Soviet Army team.

The chute is wrapped around the bundle, and a twenty-foot polypropylene line is overwrapped around the chute to hold it tight around the bundle.

Individual stations were neatly arranged with mineral oil, autopipettes, polypropylene tubes and tube racks.

She didn't remember ever seeing Rory in an army jacket, and given the new polypropylene microfleece nature of his backpacking wardrobe, a bulky heavy coat seemed out of character, but she couldn't remember for sure.

He wore a blue parka over jeans and a cable-knit sweater, pac boots, and expedition-weight polypropylene long underwear.

The Range Rover was Java Black Pearl, fourwheel drive, standard transmission, with highstrength polypropylene lamps, rear light cluster fittings, and the steering wheel on the right.

The extracted air is driven up scrubbers - basically polypropylene chimneys filled with glass marbles down which sodium hydroxide trickles.

Much more important than shaving a few mils off the unit cost of polypropylene, say, or evaluating consultants' reports on alternative catalytic systems for hydrogenation.