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Plastics - Coggle Diagram
Plastics
Thermo Plastics
Properties
Recyclable
Can be re-heated and reshaped
Long polymer chain
ABS
Ues
Lego
Injection moulded
casing
house hold appliences
Properties
Strong
tough
scratch resistant
resist heat and chemicals
acrylic
Properties
ueses
Vacuum foaming
line bending
Blow moulding
Polypropylene
Properties
Easy to cut
Easy to work with
Translutent
Comes in a variety of colors
Very versatile
Uses
Plastic Chairs
Folders
Food packaging
HIPS (high impact polystyrene)
Uses
Vacuum forming
Properties
Cheap
Easy to work with
H/LDPE (High/low density polythene)
High Density
Uses
Wheely bins
Shampoo bottle
toys and buckets
Properties
Much tougher
Can be blow moulded
Can be extruded
Low Density
Uses
Thin, carrier bags
squeeze bottles
Wiring insulation
Porperties
Thermosetting plastics
Properties
Cannot be reheated (will burn if heated)
cannot be reformed
UF (UREA FORMALDEHYDE )
Properties
Hard
Brittle
Good insulator
Uses
Wall plugs
Toilet seats
Epoxy resin
Properties
Adhesive
Liquid at room temperature
Very strong bond
Expensive
Smelly
uses
Multipurpose glue
Meamine
Properties
scratch resistent
water resistant
Fairly expensive
Uses
Layered on-top of kitchen table
Problems
Burning fossil feuds
Takes thousands of years to degrade/decompose back into the earth
IT CAN BE RECYCLED
But this process can be polluting
And still likely to end up in a land fill
Raw Materials
Oil
Crued oil
Manufacture
The raw materials are cheap, less energy to make products, products are mass produced
Plasticity is the ability to be shaped or formed
