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 Questions & Answers
1.)What material was used in 1880;s

Metals , wood, rubber , corvos

2.)Name the 3 materials used to make cars ?

Polycarbonate, Acrylic , abs( painted and chromed),
Nylon + glass filler, pvc, polyphenylene oxide
3.)What are plastics known as ?

Synthetic materials
Ä.)Where are these non-natural plastics made from ?
Crude oil, natural gas, underneath sea,
extracted from ground

5.)What are building blocks molecules called ?

Hydro-carbon

6.)Name the process given to the production of

plastics materials from raw materials ?
Primary processing
ã.)Name 2 group plastics that can be divided into ?
Thermoplastics, thermosets
8.)List different plastics produce from diff building
blocks ?
Pet, polythylene,pvc,polypropylene, acrylic nylon
9.)How can Tensile strength of a plastic be
measured ?
Tensometer
10.Why is Nylon used for guitar strings ?

Higher tensile strength

11.)ISO impact test is useful to measure what ?
Energy impact, check strength, resistence

12.)Why is polypropylene used for ice tubs ?

Explain
High impact, keeps at low temperature
13.)|Polyshene is used for cd boxes why ?

Cheap, transparent, low impact strength

1Ä.)Stiffness is important in plastics , why ?

Resistance to bending or deflection

 15.)Define hardness ?

Ability to resist scratching and indentation

16.)Why is nylon used for gears ?

Hard wearing , low friction surface , quiet running
1ã.)Why can we form thermo-plastics into useful
shapes ?
Lower melting point
18.)Low polyphene melts at ?
80 degrees
 19.)What material will melt at 250 c
Nylon
20.)Plastics are poor conductors of what ?
Electricity

21.)What are the plastic chemical properties ?

Ability to resist water and corrode
Plastics are versatile and flexible
materials and they may be very
suitable for use in your project. This
may be an area of materials research
that you need to investigate in detail. It
is important that you read the
information below and consider the
type of plastic that will best suit your
project.
All plastics are based on


and they are created by bonding
molecules together.

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The terms    and


 are very important in the
plastics industry. A monomer is a
relatively small molecule that can
chemically bond to other
monomers, forming a polymer.
Remember, all plastics are
polymers
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  The molecules of these
plastics are cross linked in three
dimensions and this is why they
cannot be reshaped or recycled.
The bond between the molecules is
very strong
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 They
become mouldable after reheating as they
do not undergo significant chemical change.
Reheating and shaping can be repeated.
The bond between themolecules is weak
and become weaker when reheated,
allowing reshaping. Thermoplastics tend to
be composed of 'long chain monomers'.
These types of plastics can be recycled.
These plastics possess a common property, they
soften when heated and are often used in schools to
vacuum form shapes. Usually, when heated and
formed into a shape - if reheated they return to their
original shape.


. (Known also as PERSPEX) This is the most
common plastic in a school workshop. It is purchased
usually in the form of sheets and comes in a range of
colours. It can be translucent (e.g. smoked),
transparent or opaque. It is resistant to most acids
and weather conditions.
 
 . Can be moulded into almost any
form due to its excellent moulding qualities.
Used for the production of bottles, bowls,
toys, tube etc... It is available in large sheets.
There are two types: High density which is
rigid and hard, and low density which is
tough and flexible. Machine parts are
generally made from high density polystyrene
whilst bottles are made from the low density
polystyrene.