Polymer materials are not only an important foundational industry in the national economy, but also a leading industry in a country. They belong to the strategic emerging industries within the petrochemical industry and are important supporting materials for strategic emerging industries such as electronic information, aerospace, national defense and military industry, and new energy. They not only have high technical content and added value, but also represent an important direction for the transformation and upgrading of the petrochemical industry. Therefore, the sustainable development of polymer materials in the future is very important. With the tightening of China's environmental protection policies, reducing waste and harmful emissions has become an inevitable requirement for economic development. The substitution of traditional materials with high-performance and lightweight polymer materials has become an important way to achieve energy conservation and environmental protection, such as "plastic instead of steel" in the automotive and building materials industries, and "paper instead of plastic" in the catering industry. The strengthening trend of energy conservation and environmental protection will further drive the demand for polymer materials.
Polymer materials, also known as polymer compounds, are materials composed of polymer compounds as the matrix and other additives (auxiliaries). Polymer materials include plastics, rubber, fibers, films, adhesives, and coatings, among others. Among them, plastics, synthetic fibers, and synthetic rubber, known as the three major modern synthetic materials, have become essential materials for national economic construction and people's daily lives. Although polymer materials have developed rapidly due to their many advantages that metals and inorganic materials cannot replace, the currently mass-produced polymer substances are only common polymers that can be used under ordinary conditions, which have shortcomings such as poor mechanical strength and rigidity, and low heat resistance. The development of modern engineering technology has raised higher requirements for polymer materials, thus promoting the development of polymer materials towards high-performance, functional, and biological directions, resulting in many low-yield, high-price, and excellent performance polymer materials.
According to the "2023-2028 China Polymer Material Industry Supply and Demand Analysis and Development Prospect Research Report" released by Zhongyan Puhua Industry Research Institute show:
From a single material to a composite material. Composite materials can overcome the shortcomings of single materials, give full play to the advantages of their respective constituent materials, expand the application range of materials, and improve the economic benefits of materials. The transformation from single to composite is the development direction of polymer materials at present. Among them, polymer resin is the most important matrix material of structural composite materials, and many high-performance reinforcing materials are also composed of polymer materials. At present, glass fiber reinforced resin composite materials, also known as "glass fiber reinforced plastics", have been put into large-scale production and application, accounting for the vast majority of polymer-based composite materials, mainly used in transportation, construction, Ships, home appliances and other fields, and will continue to develop in the future.
From structural materials to functional materials. Functional polymer is a dynamic new field in polymer material science. Although it is in the early stage of development, it is conducting extensive and active research, development, and innovation, and has made progress in depth and breadth. A large number of Various high-functional polymer materials. It mainly includes electromagnetic functional polymer materials, optical functional polymer materials, material transport and separation functional polymer materials, catalytic functional polymer materials, biological functional polymer materials and mechanical functional polymer materials, etc. For example, conductive polymers that conduct electricity like metals, water-absorbing resins that can absorb large amounts of water, photoresists used in the manufacture of large-scale integrated circuits, medical polymer materials used as raw materials for artificial blood vessels and artificial hearts, etc.
From simple formula adjustment to predetermined performance production. With the development of production and technology, people put forward various new requirements for the performance of polymer materials. Further improving high temperature resistance, wear resistance, aging resistance, corrosion resistance and high mechanical strength is an important direction for the development of polymer materials, which is extremely important for aviation, aerospace, electronic information technology, automobile industry, and household appliances. important role. The development trend of high-performance polymer materials mainly includes: 1) creating new polymers; 2) modifying polymers by changing catalysts and catalytic systems, synthesis processes, copolymerization, blending and crosslinking; 3 ) Change the aggregation state structure of the polymer through a new processing method; 4) Modify the polymer material through a microscopic composite method.
The development prospect of China's polymer material industry in 2023
Polymer materials In the field of cutting-edge new materials, my country will focus on the development of 14 categories of materials in 4 categories, including graphene, 3D printing, superconductivity, and intelligent bionics. Its purpose is to meet the development of strategic emerging industries in the next ten years, and to prepare for the high-end polymer materials manufacturing industry; polymer materials and form a group of subdivided industries with a potential market size of 10 billion to 100 billion. Polymer materials provide a long-term driving force for the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry and the sustainable development of the real economy.
The "13th Five-Year Plan" lists advanced polymer materials as an important part, and during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, new materials are listed as a new pillar for building an industrial system and thirteen national-level strategic emerging new material industry clusters have been formed. Driven by policies, the output of plastics, coatings, synthetic rubber, and synthetic fibers will maintain rapid growth from 2016 to 2021, with compound growth rates of 6.1%, 6.3%, 8.3%, and 6.3%, respectively. At the same time, the good market environment has prompted BASF, DSM and other international polymer material giants to expand or transfer their production capacity to China.
Currently, the polymer materials industry in China covers a wide range of segmented products, with production concentrated in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang region and the Pearl River Delta region.The production scale of each manufacturer is different, the market concentration is not high, and the competition is fierce. In the current human production and life, polymer materials, metals and ceramics are listed as the three most important materials. With the rapid development of the national economy and the further expansion of the market capacity of polymer material products, as well as the support of government departments for the polymer material industry, my country's polymer material industry has shown a good development trend. At present, my country's polymer material industry is showing a trend of developing from structural materials to functional new materials, from single materials to composite materials, and from simple formula adjustment to predetermined performance production.
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