Types of Plastic



Plastics play a vital and key role in our lives. With the increasing utilization of plastic products, new forms of plastic are coming into market day by day. Plastics are divided into two basic types: Thermoplastics and Thermosetting plastics.

Plastic has become increasingly important in our every day lives. With so many different types of plastics, products meeting a broad range of consumer needs are available. They are organic polymers, which mean they are made of large chain like molecules that contain carbon. These polymers are molded into plastic state.

Basically, large chainlike molecules are created by hooking together short-chain molecules. The precise process used to create this change, however, results in different types of plastics. Primarily there are two types of plastics. One called thermoplastics and the other as thermosetting plastics. You can get more information about types of plastic at www.worldofplastic.net

Thermoplastic are also known as a thermosoftening plastic, is a polymer that turns to a liquid when heated and freezes to a very glassy state when cooled sufficiently. Most thermoplastics are high molecular weight polymers whose chains associate through weak Van der Waals forces.

While thermosetting plastic, also known as a thermoset, is polymer material that irreversibly cures. The cure may be done through heat (generally above 200