Thermosoftening Plastics

• Other Authors: Akın Evingür, Gülşen (Editor), Pekcan, Önder (Editor), Achilias, Dimitris S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2020
• Subjects: Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry; Polymer chemistry
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Thermosoftening Plastics are polymers that can be manipulated into different shapes when they are hot, and the shape sets when it cools. If we were to reheat the polymer again, we could re-shape it once again. Modern thermosoftening plastics soften at temperatures anywhere between 65 ºC and 200 ºC....