THERMOPLASTIC S AND THERMOSETTING PLASTICS

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Thermoplasti cs
Thermoplastics is the plastics that become soft when heated and harden when cool and the process is repeated. are linear polymers with no crosslinks between the polymeric chains

It can be remoulded by heating it

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It is like concrete. Once it set, the process cannot be reverse

Weak van der Waals force hold the bond of polymeric chains together Distance between chain increases and the polymer become soft when heated The chains become closer and the polymer become hard when cooling Examples are polyethene , polypropene and polychloroethene

Polyethene(PE)

Polypropene

Polychloroethene(PVC)

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Thermosetting Plastics
consist

It cannot be remoulded

of 3D crosslinks between the polymeric chains during the polymerisation process become hard on cooling and cant be softened by heating

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 Examples

are bakelite and epoxy Structure of bakelite

polymerisat ion

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 Bakelite

was developed in 1907 byBelgianchemistLeo Baekeland Bakelite was used for its electricallynonconductive and heatresistant properties in radio and telephone casings and electricalinsulators, and also in such diverse products askitchenware,jewelry, pipe stems, and children'stoys. In 1993 Bakelite was designated aNational Historic Chemical Landmarkby theAmerican Chemical Societyin recognition of its significance as the world's
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Elastome rs are those polymers that stretch when pulled

and return to original form when released This property is due to the fact that in the unstretched state , the chain are randomly coiled up When pulled the chains straighten out and returns to the randomly coiled arrangement when released

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 There

are certain amount of crosslinks between chains so they can return to original form when released Too much crosslinks will make the polymer tough and rigid
(A) is an unstressed polymer; (B) is the same polymer under stress. When the stress is removed, it will return to the (A) configuration. (The dots represent 5/6/12 crosslinks)

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