Polyolefin
A polymer family built from olefin (alkene) monomers, covering polyethylene, polypropylene and the olefin fibres made from them.
How it connects
Polyolefin is a kind of Polymer.
Polyolefin includes Olefin, Polyethylene and Polypropylene.
Other kinds of Polymer: Acrylic, EVA, Man-made cellulosic, Plastic, Polyamide, Polyester, Polyurethane, PTFE, Resin, Rubber and Silicone.
In other taxonomies
- polyolefinWikidata, Q424370nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Record
- Broader
- Polymer
- Narrower
- Olefin · Polyethylene · Polypropylene
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ISO 472:2013; ISO 1043-1:2011+Amd 1:2016, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/polyolefinKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- broaderOlefinincoming
- broaderPolyethyleneincoming
- narrowerPolymerincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderPolymeroutgoing
- narrowerOlefinoutgoing
- narrowerPolyethyleneoutgoing
- narrowerPolypropyleneoutgoing
- broaderPolypropyleneincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Polymeroutgoing
- descendant (derived)Olefinoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Polyethyleneoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Polypropyleneoutgoing
- descendant (derived)HDPEoutgoing
- descendant (derived)LDPEoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Acrylicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)EVAoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Man-made cellulosicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasticoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyamideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyesteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyurethaneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)PTFEoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Resinoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Rubberoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Siliconeoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidata | Q424370 | polyolefin | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Polyolefin | polyolefin via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |