Tripolymer



A tripolymer was a type of chemical substance.

Data's body contained, in part, 24.6 kilograms of tripolymer composites. (TNG: "The Most Toys") They were non-conductive. (TNG: "Disaster")

Pralor Automated Personnel Units were powered by a type of chromodynamic module containing a tripolymer plasma. B'Elanna Torres in 2372 found a unit which was "dying" because the plasma was contaminated. (VOY: "Prototype")

Bathar of Hodos, a salesman traveling the Delta Quadrant in the 24th century, claimed to have a formula that stopped the aging process. In reality it was only a tripolymer enzyme. Chakotay laconically remarked that it did made a great shoe polish. (VOY: "Memorial")

The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual states that isolinear chips can be ruggedized with the application of a protective tripolymer sealant over the refractive interface surface.

'' The root word "polymer" is a term referring to certain types of molecular chains, usually found in organic molecules such as proteins, and synthetic materials such as plastics. Current science knows of no material that could exist in a plasma state and retain itself as a polymer, since plasma high energy interactions cause electrons to exist free of the atomic nucleus. ''