Inorganic Polymers as Return to Stone Age - Material Science
 

Nonmetallic materials, which have found such wide application, have an absolute majority of   polymer nature. These include hydrocarbon and inorganic polymers. Despite the wide range of  useful properties there is a huge human and material damage from the burning of organic polymers, which is accompanied during the fires by the release of harmful products of thermal destruction. Another significant drawback of products from organic polymers is the large assimilation times of their waste in nature, which requires considerable effort in their disposal. And, finally, the use of harmful organic solvents. Inorganic polymers, constituting up to 80% of the earth’s crust include up to 10 classes of high-molecular compounds, among which polyoxides are of the greatest interest from the point of view of wide application (silicates, phosphates, aluminates, borates, germinates, titanites, complex polyoxides − clays, etc.).

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