The quality or state of being plastic., Plastic force.
Sometimes the word gay is used in its older meaning of bright and cheerful. It might be referring to the colors of the plastics.
In the main, plastics are tough, ignoring soft, crinkly plastics like plactic bags, because they are 1)polymers, meaning they have very long chain molecules, and 2), these molecules are lying together in rows, allowing very little space between them, which makes them hard, and rigid.
Plastics are typically good electrical insulators, meaning they do not conduct electricity well. This is due to their molecular structure which restricts the flow of electrons. However, some plastics can become conductive when certain additives or fillers are included in their composition.
Because P is from poly-, a prefix of Greek origin (with the meaning of many).
What plastics are there that we use?
The word "plastic" is an old word meaning something along the lines of "moldable". Many materials commonly called plastics are moldable, at least if you heat them up (not all of them, though; it always gives me a little twinge to hear someone call a material like Bakelite "plastic" ... it will burn before it softens or melts).
they are plastics that can be bad for our environment
Plastics are light due to the
John Sasso has written: 'Plastics in practice' -- subject(s): Plastics 'Plastics for industrial use' -- subject(s): Plastics
No, not all plastics are petrochemicals. A few examples of bioplastics (plastics made from biologic sources) include Polyhydroxyalkanoates, Polylactic Acids and a wider variety of starch based plastics.
we can join plastics by burnig
Many plastics are.