Plastic materials

What are?
1. long chains of molecules mostly made of carbon
  1. monomers
  2. polymers
Origin
1. Natural plastics
  1. Animal origin
    1. Casein
  2. Vegetable origin
    1. Latex and Cellulose
2. Synthetic plastics
  1. made with compounds from
    1. Petroleum
    2. Natural Gas
    3. Carbon
Transformation
1. called polymerisation
  1. Fillers
  2. Additives
Properties
1. Lightness
2. Physical Resistance
  1. Stretch stresses
  2. Compresion stresses
  3. Bending stresses
  4. Twisting stresses
3. Insulation
  1. Electrical
  2. Thermal
  3. Acoustic
4. Ductility
  1. into threads
5. Malleability
  1. into sheets
6. Impermeability
7. Reciclying
  1. Chemical
  2. Physical
  3. Energy
8. Biodegradability

Resource summary

	Created by Fernando Martínez Moya about 10 years ago