In this Chapter, the types of plastics that are being used in these applications are briefly reviewed. The variants of these polymers such as copolymers and blends are discussed together with a brief ...

‘Thermo’ indicates that heat will be involved in the way the polymer is shaped, and ‘set’ means that once the polymer has been set in that shape, heat will not alter the form ...

Forces act on materials all the time - even if a material appears stationary it still has a force acting on it. There are five terms used to describe what type of force can act on a material: ...