Why are thermo plastic and thermosetting plastic different?

Answer 1

Thermoplastics plastics can be heated and then moulded into a shape or form, but thermosetting cannot. Each plastic can be moulded into a 'shape or form', it is just that thermoplastics, once they have been moulded, they can be re-heated and moulded again, where-as once thermosetting plastics have been moulded, if re-heated and you try to remould it, it will just make it brittle and snap instead.

Answer 2

If I remember rightly, thermoplastics are plastics that will bend when heated then cool and are able to be re-heated and reshaped again. Thermosetting plastics are only able to be shaped once. Heating changes the structures inside the plastic which cool and set where as thermoplastics react like steel, which although can be cold worked and hardened, has essentially the same plasticity in this respect (although clearly not the same hardness!).

Answer 3

the difference between thermosetting plastic and thermoplastic is thermosetting plastic is a plastic that can irreversibly cures the cure may be through heat) and thermoplastic is a type of plastic that can be vacuum formed.

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Answer 4

Thermoplastic plastics can be melted and reshaped multiple times when heated, whereas thermosetting plastics undergo a chemical change when heated and cannot be reshaped once they have been set. This difference is due to the molecular structure of the two types of plastics, with thermoplastic chains being linear and thermosetting chains being cross-linked. Consequently, thermoplastics are recyclable, while thermosetting plastics are not.

Answer 5

A thermoplastic can be remelted and reused, thermosetting plastics cannot.

Answer 6

thermoplastics can be melted and formed into new shapes while thermosetting plastics do not melt on being exposed to heat.