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Does plastic heat up

Updated: 8/10/2023
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yes as it is plastic

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yes some plastics melt but not all of them the ones that do melt are called thermoplastics though thermosets don't melt.

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plastic does heat up because the particles in the plastic bag gets hotter the particles expand and turn warm

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it would become wavy and stuff but wont melt. boiling water 350c to melt

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THere area plenty of kinds of plastic. Some will go soft in hot water, some will take much higher temperatures before anything happens to them.

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Do the experiment and find the truthe

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