On my first day of grade 8, the science teacher asked if anyone had a bill for a demonstration. I volunteered my $5 bill. He proceeded to douse it in some chemical and torch it, to the amusement of the class. It burned for a few seconds but the bill was unharmed. At first I didn’t spend it because I liked the story, but now I also won’t spend it because it’s the last paper bill I have (all Canadian bills have been plastic for a while).
Canadian bank notes are made of the polymer … deep breath biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP). All plastics are polymers, but not all polymers are plastics and in this case Canadian bank notes are not plastic.
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On my first day of grade 8, the science teacher asked if anyone had a bill for a demonstration. I volunteered my $5 bill. He proceeded to douse it in some chemical and torch it, to the amusement of the class. It burned for a few seconds but the bill was unharmed. At first I didn’t spend it because I liked the story, but now I also won’t spend it because it’s the last paper bill I have (all Canadian bills have been plastic for a while).
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Canadian bank notes are made of the polymer … deep breath biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP). All plastics are polymers, but not all polymers are plastics and in this case Canadian bank notes are not plastic.
This interruption brought to you by an obsessive nerd.
Thanks for the info! However your facts will never be strong enough to take away their maple smell.