Question

How many types of plastic are there? Write about them.

Answer 1

Plastics into two basic classes.

• Thermoplastics are plastics made to be melted again, placed in a mold to make something, and melted again if needed to make something else. Polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, and polycarbonate are examples of thermoplastics.
• Thermosets are plastics that are made into products right away and cannot be melted to make something else again. Much like a clay pot is baked to set it, thermosets are plastics that are heated to set them. Once set, thermosets cannot be turned into something else like thermoplastics can. Acrylics, melamine, epoxies, and silicone are thermosets.