Question

What are the seven types of plastics?

Answer 1

Plastics:

• Christian Schonbein, a prominent German scientist, created plastic in $1846$. Plastics were found unintentionally.
• Christian was experimenting in his kitchen when he spilt a combination of nitric acid $\left({\mathrm{HNO}}_3\right)$ and sulphuric acid $\left({\mathrm{H}}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4\right)$ by accident.
• He grabbed a cloth and mopped the solution, then hung it over the burner.

Type of Plastics:

• Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE or PET)
• High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
• Polypropylene (PP)
• Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
• Polystyrene or Styrofoam (PS)
• Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
• Acrylic or Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA)