Types of Plastics

Types of Plastics

1. Thermoplastics

   • Different types
     • PE
     • PS
     • PVC
     • PP
     • PET
     • TEFLON
     • PC
   • Are plastics that are softened by heating and can be formed and melted as many times as we like

2. Thermoset

   • Different types
     • Melamine
     • Bakelite
     • Polyester resins
   • The polymer chains of thermoset plastics criss cross to form networks once they have been formed they cannot be re melted to create differnet forms

3. Elastometers

   • Rubber
   • Neoprene
   • Are very flexible materials that recover their shape and dimensions when external forces stop acting on them

4. Plastics are materials formed by chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms