Plastic Materials

Plastic Materials

1. What are?

   • long chains of molecules of carbon

2. Origin

   • Natural
     • Vegetables (latex,cellulose)
     • Animal (casein)
   • Synthetic
     • Petroleum
     • Natural Gas
     • Carbon

3. Tansformation (polymerisation)

   • Filler
     • fiberglass, sawdust, mineral pouder, paper
   • Chemical Additives
     • To increase flexibility and resistance

4. Properties

   • Light
   • Maleable
     • Into sheets
   • Physically Resistance
     • Compresion
     • Streating
     • Twisting
     • Bending
   • Ductile
     • Into thred
   • Insulator
     • Electrial
     • Acustic
     • Thermal
   • Recyclable
     • Chemical
     • Mechanical
     • Energy
   • Impermeable
     • Gas
     • Liquid
   • Non-biodegradable