It is a thermoplastic! :)
Plastic generally floats better than wood due to its lower density. Density is the mass of a material per unit volume, and since plastic is less dense than wood, it displaces more water and floats more easily. However, the specific type of plastic or wood can also impact their respective buoyancy properties.
Foam, particularly types like polyurethane and polystyrene, can take hundreds to thousands of years to decompose in the environment. Factors such as exposure to sunlight, moisture, and temperature can affect the degradation process, but generally, foam is resistant to natural breakdown. As a result, it can contribute significantly to long-term environmental pollution. Recycling and proper disposal are essential for mitigating its ecological impact.
All liquids and and gases have pressure. Pressure is also a force but does not depend on area it acts. Pressure is arising from its own weight. The molecules in liquids and solids areattracted downward due to earth's mass(gravitational force). The impact of this gravitational force per unit area is the pressure. if there is a liquid or gas there must be pressure. the magnitude of pressure inside a plastic bottle depends on the weight of the air in it.
(noun) Global warming will have an impact on the Earth's temperature. The impact of the collision crushed the rear of the car. (verb) Craters on the Moon are caused when meteoroids impact the surface. The dentist worried that the patient's wisdom tooth would impact, and require removal.
The meteoroid collided with a devastating impact.
No, HIPS (High-Impact Polystyrene) is a thermoplastic, not a thermosetting plastic. Thermoplastics can be melted and reshaped multiple times, while thermosetting plastics undergo a chemical reaction during curing that makes them rigid and non-meltable.
thermoplastic
i am a GCSE student in Southport and in chemistry i am learning all about plastic's. "Thermosetting" plastic is used because once it is heated and moulded into a shape it can not be reheated and moulded again. However "thermoplastic" plastics can. The particular use of your laptop casing does not require and reshaping or remoulding so to give the laptop most stability and strength the "thermosetting" plastic is used as they are stronger. Conor Smyth
HIPS High Impact Polystyrene is particularly suitable for thermoforming, it is a tough, rigid material and its high impact strength means it can be guillotined, punched, routered or sawn without difficulty.
It depends on what kind of TV you have (LCD plasma old new). television housing can be made from polystyrene like POLYSTYRENE IMPACT 6540.
The base of a jitterbug is typically made of polycarbonate plastic. This type of plastic is known for its durability, impact resistance, and ability to be molded into complex shapes.
Somewhat oversimplifying it a DVD (or CD) is a sandwich of two outer layers of polycarbonate plastic with a microscopically thin layer of aluminum, tantalum, or a optically reflective low melting point plastic between the outer layers. Standard factory made read only disks use aluminum in this inner layer for durability, the writable disks use either tantalum or a plastic in this inner layer to permit writing with the LASER as well as reading (which is used depends on the method of writing used).
the plastic is HIPs (high impact polystrene) but the thing that you lamanate can be anything as long as it's reasonably flat!
i recently found this out and hips stands for high impact polystyrene but iam not actually sure what its used for
A transparent ruler may be a polycarbonate. An opaque-type ruler may be a polystyrene copolymer such as high-impact polystyrene (HIPS). Recycled polystyrene can be turned into rulers, among other things.
what kind of plastic are appliance parts made of
Ordinary polystyrene is better known as cristal polystyrene or GPPS (General purpose polystyrene) It is a hard very transparant and britlle plastic. One of the best know uses is cd-box. To improve the toughness of this plastic rubber is added during the manufacture. This synthetic rubber (polybutadiene) is divided trough the polystyrene in the form of small droplets ,The size and the composition of the rubber droplets will determine final properties. A lot of applications will be made with mixtures of GPPS and HIPS (HIPS is high impact polystyrene). The stiffness of HIPS is a lot lower than the stiffness of GPPS, hence the mixtures. One well known application is yoghurt cups.