TY  - CHAP
AU  - Fernanda A. dos Santos
AU  - Leonardo B. Canto
AU  - Ana Lúcia N. da Silva
AU  - Leila Lea Yuan Visconte
AU  - Elen B. A. Vasques Pacheco
ED  - Gülşen Akın Evingür
ED  -  Önder Pekcan
ED  - Dimitris S. Achilias
Y1  - 2018-12-28
PY  - 2018
T1  - Processing and Properties of Plastic Lumber
N2  - 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. In this state, they can be moulded in a number of ways. They differ from thermoset plastics in that they can be returned to this plastic state by reheating. They are then fully recyclable because thermosoftening plastics do not have covalent bonds between neighbouring polymer molecules. Methods of shaping the softened plastic include: injection moulding, rotational moulding, extrusion, vacuum forming, and compression moulding. The scope of this book covers three areas of thermosoftening plastics, thermoplastic materials, and their characterization. The following tests are covered in the book: thermal analysis (differential scanning calorimetry, heat deflection temperature test), optical properties tests (fluorescence spectroscopy, UV spectroscopy), and mechanical properties tests (thermogravimetry, rheometry, short term tensile test).
BT  - Thermosoftening Plastics
SP  - Ch. 1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82819
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.82819
SN  - 978-1-83880-613-2
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-25
ER  -