What does thermosetting plastic mean?

Answer 1

the structure of thermosetting plastics are

Ø Thermoplastics have long chains which are tangled together in no formal pattern

Ø They have very few cross links which means that when heated they become soft allowing them to bent, pressed and formed into different shapes. Ø They become stiff as they cool

Answer 2

Thermosetting polymers are those that, once reacted and molded cannot be remolded. An example would be an epoxy resin reacted with a polyamine. Once it has cured if you try and heat the polymer, it will not melt but char and even burn.

Answer 3

They are the opposite to Thermo Plastics.

Essentially, when you heat a thermosetting plastic- it will stay in that shape for the rest of its lifetime. It cannot be reverted.

Thermoplastics... (the recycleable ones such a PET and PVC) will change shape over and over again when heated.

i.e. heat pvc, bend it to a rectangle, leave to cool

then reheat it and change its shape again.

You cannot do this with thermosets.

Epoxy resin, melamine formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde are 3 thermosets.

Answer 4

Thermosetting plastic is a hard plastic. Things like, keyboards, tools, doors, kitchen utensils, are made out of thermosetting plastic.

Answer 5

thermosetting plastic is where the thermosetting plastic thermominates the plastic

SIMPLES lol

Answer 6

They are used for many things such as kitchen utensils and also for things such as light fittings.

Answer 7

Thermosetting plastics are plastics when moulded into shape and allowed to cool will not change shape; when heated again they will char or burn.

Answer 8

Thermoplastic can be reshaped a many times under HOT heat.

Thermosetting plastic can be only shaped once and is more durable.

Answer 9

After taking the form of plastics they will prove to be thermosetting.

Answer 10

setting after melting and moulding with change of properties