PLASTICS

PLASTICS

1. WHAT IA IT MADE OF?

   • LONG CHAINS OF MOLECULES, MOSTLY MADE OF CARBON AND HYDROGEN

2. ORIGIN

   • NATURAL PLASTICS
     • FROM VEGETABLES OR ANIMALS
   • SYNTHETIC PLASTICS
     • FROM PETROLEUM, NATURAL GAS AND CARBON

3. FABRICATION

   • THE NAME OF THE PRODUCTION IS POLYMERISATION

4. PROPIERTIES OF PLASTICS

   • RESISTANT
   • GOOD INSULATOR
   • DUCTILE
   • MALLEABLE
   • LIGHT
   • IMPERMEABLE
   • RECYCLABLE
     • CHEMICAL RECYCLING
     • MECHANICAL RECYCLING
     • ENERGY RECOVERY

5. TYPES

   • THERMOPLASTICS
     • INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS
       • POLYETHLENE TEREPHTHALATE
       • HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHILENE
       • POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
       • LOW-DENSITY POLYTHILENE
       • POLYPROPYLENE
       • POLYSTYRENE
       • METHACRYLATE
       • TEFLON
       • CELLOPHANE
       • NYLON
   • THERMOSETTING PLASTICS
     • POLYURETHANE
     • BAKELITE
     • MELAMINE
     • POLYESTER RESINS
   • ELASTOMERS
     • NATURAL RUBBER
       • TIRES
     • SYNTHETIC RUBBER
       • TIRES
     • NEOPRENE
       • DIVING SUITS

6. MOULDING

   • BLOW MOLDING
   • COMPRESSION MOLDING

7. PLASTIC FORMING TECHNIQUES

   • EXTRUSION
   • CALENDERING
   • VACUUM FORMING