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1
Q

What is NOT TRUE of plastics?

A

they are non-synthetic

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2
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Small molecules from which plastics are made are called _____.

A

monomers

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3
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The process by which the above molecules are combined is called _____.

A

polymerization

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4
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  • true or false?
    A crystalline polymer structure has crystal like (orderly) regions that when heated become amorphous.
A

true

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5
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  • true or false?
    Van der Waals forces are more electrical in nature and weaker than chemical (atomic) covalent bonds.
A

true

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6
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What molecular structure best describes a thermoset?

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cross linked

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7
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Formation of side chains of the basic polymer backbone is ____________.

A

branching

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8
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  • true or false?
    Amorphous polymer structure materials have a sharp melting point.
A

false

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9
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In typical plastic product costs, about 75% of cost is attributed to…

A

material

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10
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What are the advantages of using plastic?

A
  • relatively less energy to process
  • good strength to weight ratio
  • electrical insulation
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11
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  • true or false?
    Generally plastic grocery bags are heavier than paper for a given capacity
A

false

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12
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The EPA suggests four methods to deal with solid waste. Which is the least desirable?

A

landfill

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13
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______ is the most used method of disposing of municipal solid waste in America today.

A

landfilling

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14
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Which of the following has the highest BTU content (potential heat energy)?

A

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

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15
Q
  • true or false?
    Properly designed landfills act as a compost pit allowing biodegradable materials to return to their natural state.
A

false

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16
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  • true or false?
    According to the EPA, plastics account for the biggest portion of Municipal Solid Waste by weight in the landfill
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false

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17
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  • true or false?
    Thermoset plastics can easily be heated and reformed into a new shape.
A

false

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18
Q
  • true or false?
    Epoxy adhesives are an example of a thermoset material.
A

true

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19
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Which plastics ARE considered to be in the polyfin family?

A

Polyethylene
Polypropylene

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20
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This high impact polymer is often used for appliance housings and helmets.

A

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)

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21
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This “slippery” material (low coefficient of friction) is often used for gears and fibers, but one drawback of this material is its high water absorption rate.

A

nylon

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22
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This is by far the most used plastic material.

A

polyethylene

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23
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This polyolefin material is often used in applications of “living” or integral hinges.

A

Polypropylene

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24
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Often “foamed” for insulation and packaging, this material is also transparent.

A

polystyrene

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25
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Siding, gutters, wire coating, and hoses are common uses of this material.

A

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

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26
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A plastic surgeon may select this material to reshape your nose.

A

silicone

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27
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The billiard balls and the handle on your fry pan are likely to be made of this material.

A

phenolic

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28
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A unique thermoplastic, having extremely high heat resistance and a low coefficient of friction, originally used to coat frying pans is…

A

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)

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29
Q
  • true or false?
    Casting processes produce parts with little to no built in stress.
A

true

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30
Q
  • true or false?
    Casting is a good process to make varying shapes such as Sheets, Tubes, Rods, Tooling, Foams and other objects.
A

true

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31
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  • true or false?
    One difference between a casting process and a molding process could be the amount of force that is applied to the material.
A

true

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32
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Casting is considered a low cost method to produce low volume parts because…

A
  • molds can be very inexpensive
  • low volume production economy
  • thermosets can be cast
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33
Q

In rotational molding, thermoplastic powder material joins together because it is…

A

self-fusing

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34
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Even distribution of the material to the mold surface in rotational casting is accomplished by using a…

A

biaxial rotation

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35
Q
  • true or false?
    Cast acrylic sheet can be produced by casting between panes of glass.
A

true

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36
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Which of the following casting processes would be used to produce a hollow coin bank with a detailed exterior surface?

A

slush casting

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37
Q

What is an advantage of rotational molding?

A

size range of parts

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38
Q

Which state has the highest rotomolding plants?

A

!! OHIO !!

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39
Q

Rotational Molding can use which of the following form of materials?

A

powder
liquids
pellets

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40
Q

The most used material in rotational molding is…

A

polyethylene

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41
Q

What mold material is often used for rotational molding?

A

aluminum

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42
Q

The Industrial breakdown of Rotational Molding shows that the largest percentage of products are…

A

toys

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43
Q
  • true or false?
    The PVC Welding we did in the lab creates a cohesive bond of the material
A

true apparently

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44
Q
  • true or false?
    The PVC welding process we performed in the lab utilized a filler rod of PVC
A

true

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45
Q
  • true or false?
    You should wear safety glasses while in the plastics lab
A

true

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46
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Wear what gloves when fiber glassing?

A

latex

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47
Q

The plastics is industry the _______ largest manufacturing industry in the United States, providing significantly to the nation’s economy.

A

third

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48
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The U.S. plastics industry employs more than ______ million workers.

A

1.1

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49
Q

The U.S. plastics industry creates $______ in annual shipments.

A

$279 billion

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50
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There are nearly ______ plastics facilities in the United States.

A

18,500

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51
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Since 1980, U.S. plastics industry shipments have grown _______ percent per year.

A

3.4%

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52
Q

Over the past _____ years, productivity in plastics manufacturing has grown _____ percent per year, which is faster than productivity growth for manufacturuing as a whole.

A

26
2.3%

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53
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No.1 state for plastics employment?

A

California

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54
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No.2 state for plastics employment?

A

Ohio

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55
Q

LOWEST typical plastics product costs?

A

space (1%)

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56
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What are the FOUR main characteristics or plastics?

A
  • typically organic
  • typically hydrocarbon
  • synthetic (manmade)
  • capable of being formed by heat and/or pressure
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57
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Who invented the first thermoplastic and when?

A

John Hyatt in 1868

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58
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What was the first thermoplastic?

A

Cellulose Nitrate (Celluloid)

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59
Q

Today, most paint & glues are _______.

A

plastics

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60
Q

What is stress?

A

amount of effort/force applied per unit area

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61
Q

What is strain?

A

deformation (change in length) to original length

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62
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What is tensile strength?

A

ability to withstand stress in tension

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63
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What is elasticity?

A

ability to return to original length

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64
Q

What is plastic?

A

pliable/deformed

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65
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What is the yield point?

A

stress at which deformation starts plastically

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66
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What is the modulus of elasticity?
(also called Young’s Modulus)

A

ratio of stress to strain

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67
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What is compressive strength?

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ability to withstand squeezing/pressing

68
Q

What is fatigue strength?

A

ability to withstand cyclic loading

69
Q

What is impact resistance or toughness?

A

ability to absorb impact/shocks

70
Q

What is flow/creep?

A

deformation upon prolonged load

71
Q

What is shear strength?

A

separating by tearing

72
Q

What is ductility?

A

ability to bend stretch or distort without failure

73
Q

What is hardness?

A

ability to resist scratch or dent

74
Q

All ______ compounds are covalent bonded.

75
Q

Oxygen needs ______ electrons.

76
Q

Van der Waals have the ______ bond strength.

77
Q

What is Metallic?

A

delocalized sharing of free electrons between a lattice of metal atoms

78
Q

What is Ionic?

A

opposite charged ions attract (moderate strength)

79
Q

What is Covalent?

A

gain or share electrons non metals and common in plastics (strong strength)

80
Q

What does ‘poly’ mean in Greek?

81
Q

What does ‘meros’ mean in Greek?

A

part or unit

82
Q

What does ‘mono’ mean in Greek?

83
Q

What does polymer mean?

A

many units

84
Q

What does monomer mean?

85
Q

What is polymerization?

A

combining monomers into polymers

86
Q

What are thermoplastics?

A

materials that become soft when heated and solid when cooled to room temperature (can be repeated many times)

87
Q

What are thermosets?

A

materials that become may be heated and formed one time

88
Q

Heat reactions for thermoplastics?

A
  • similar to candle wax
  • can be heated and softened many times
89
Q

Heat reactions for thermosets?

A
  • similar to concrete
  • cannot be re-softened
  • chemically cures once
90
Q

What does transparent mean?

A
  • light passes thru clearly
  • may be colored
91
Q

What does translucent mean?

A

light passes thru but is not clear

92
Q

What does opaque mean?

A

no light passes thru

93
Q

crystalline vs amorphous…
Which one do chemicals attack?

94
Q

crystalline vs amorphous…
Which one has a sharp melting point?

A

crystalline

95
Q

Crystalline has a ______ shrink rate, while amorphous has a ______ shrink rate.

96
Q

crystalline vs amorphous…
Which one has good lubricity?

A

crystalline

97
Q

What kind of order does amorphous have?

98
Q

What kind of order does crystalline have?

A

crystal-like orderly regions

99
Q

Is Linear thermoplastic or thermoset?

A

thermoplastic

100
Q

Is Cross-linked thermoplastic or thermoset?

101
Q

Is Branched thermoplastic or thermoset?

A

thermoplastic

102
Q

Any branching with HDPE?

103
Q

Any branching with MPDE/LLDPE?

104
Q

Any branching with LDPE?

A

long branches

105
Q

As density increases, so does ________, ________, & ________.

A

melt temperature
viscosity
strength

106
Q

Heating/melting does not break covalent bonds, but ________.

107
Q

When heat is removed, molecules
________.

A

remain in place

108
Q

What is MSW?

A

municipal solid waste
(trash or garbage)

109
Q

no. 1 material in MSW?

A

paper and paperboard (32.7%)

110
Q

Lowest waste management in America?
(landfill vs incinerate vs recycle)

A

recycle (13%)

111
Q

About how many landfills in 1988?

112
Q

About how many landfills in 2007?

113
Q

What percentage of waste management is discarded?

114
Q

What percentage of waste management is combustion with energy recovery?

115
Q

What is the EPA Hierarchy for integrated solid waste management?

A

1) Source Reduction
2) Recycling
3) W-T-E Incineration
4) Landfilling

116
Q

Three focuses of Source Reduction?

A
  • Material Replacement Creating Less Waste
  • Materials Engineering Using Less material
  • Recycling At The Source
117
Q

For the Plastics Coding System, what is 1?

A

polyethylene terephthalate (PET/PETE)

118
Q

For the Plastics Coding System, what is 2?

A

high density polyethylene (HDPE)

119
Q

For the Plastics Coding System, what is 3?

120
Q

For the Plastics Coding System, what is 4?

A

low density polyethylene (LDPE)

121
Q

For the Plastics Coding System, what is 5?

A

polypropylene (PP)

122
Q

For the Plastics Coding System, what is 6?

A

polystyrene (PS)

123
Q

For the Plastics Coding System, what is 7?

124
Q

For recycled Coke bottles, what is the highest RPET Product Category?

125
Q

W-T-E Incineration reduces MSW volume by ______%

126
Q

______% of U.S. MSW is incinerated

127
Q

High energy content in plastics allow “______” to be burned.

128
Q

Heat can produce steam to produce electricity. This can save over ______ million barrels of
oil per year.

129
Q

What has the lowest BTU content (potential heat energy)?

A

food waste (2600 btu/lb.)

130
Q

What is the average BTU content for MSW?

A

4500 btu/lb.

131
Q

What is the #1 item in landfills?

A

paper (35%)

132
Q

What item has the lowest volume in landfills?

A

glass (2%)

133
Q

Plastics account for ______% of Natural Gas and ______% of Petroleum Consumption per year

134
Q

no. 1 Natural Gas and Petroleum Consumer?

A

transportation (62%)

135
Q

What is the the myth regarding
biodegradability?

A

Properly designed landfills block out sunlight, moisture, and air which are necessary for biodegradation.

136
Q
  • true or false?
    The Plastics Packaging Industry voluntarily stopped using fully-halogenated CFCs in 1988.
137
Q

What is branching?

A
  • Polymerization at high temp and pressure
  • Carbon-Hydrogen bond breaks, and hydrogen leaves
  • Carbon’s free radical serve as place for new chain growth
138
Q

What is the no. 1 usage of LDPE?

139
Q

What is the no. 1 usage of HDPE?

A

blow molding

140
Q

What was the no. 1 usage of polypropylene?

A

extrusion sheet/fiber

141
Q

What is the second most used plastic?

142
Q
  • true or false?
    Polyvinyl can breath (aka porous to oxygen)
143
Q

What is the no. 1 usage of PVC?

144
Q
  • true or false?
    Polyester has great solvent resistance.
A

false. it has poor solvent resistance.

145
Q

What is the no. 1 usage of PET?

A

blow molding

146
Q

What is the no. 1 usage of polystyrene?

147
Q

ABS is about ______% higher than the cost of polystyrene

148
Q

What is the no. 1 usage of phenolics?

A

bond plywood

149
Q
  • true or false?
    A common usage of phenolic is pool billiard balls.
A

true. balls hehe

150
Q

What is the hardest plastic?

151
Q

What is the no. 1 usage of polyurethane?

A

flexible foam

152
Q

What is the four-step process of rotational molding?

A

1) Load Material
2) Heating Phase
3) Cooling Phase
4) Unload Product

153
Q

Biaxial rotation has rotations from _____ to
_____ rpm

154
Q

Name some advantages of rotational molding.

A
  • Seamless hollow parts
  • Size Range of parts
  • Multiple & varied parts
  • Nearly stress-free parts
  • Complexity of shapes
  • Inexpensive tooling
  • Consolidation of parts
  • Decorating possibilities
  • Time to market
155
Q

Name some disadvantages of rotational molding.

A
  • Single sided surface detail
  • Wall thickness variation
  • Long heat cycles
  • Mold & material must be cooled
  • Limited materials
  • self fusing
  • Material prep cost (pulverizing)
  • Shrinkage = warp, twist, dimensional problems
156
Q

How many arms do individual-arm style?

A

1-arm to 4-arms

157
Q

What is the lowest usage of rotationally molded plastics?

A

playground equipment (2.3%)

158
Q

What is the lowest typical plastic material used?

A

Fluorocarbons (0.1%)

159
Q

Name the five examples of molding/casting materials.

A
  • Cast Aluminum
  • Fabricated Aluminum
  • Machined Aluminum
  • Fabricated Mild Steel
  • Fabricated Stainless Steel
160
Q

What is fabricated aluminium fabricated from?

A

sheet stock

161
Q

What is cast aluminum produced from?

A

pattern (idk what this means.)

162
Q

What are monomers?

A

liquid resin thermosets

163
Q

What are modified monomers?

A

partially polymerized sort chain polymers, TP or TS

164
Q

What are powders?

A

fully polymerized thermoplastics

165
Q

What are plastisols?

A

solvent solutions of plastics

166
Q

What are ways to dip-cast? (i actually dont totally know what im asking here)

A

1) Heat dip
2) Cool (cure)
3) Strip/remove

167
Q
  • true or false?
    I am ready for this midterm.
A

TRUE RAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

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