Industrial Plastics: Theory and Applications
Industrial Plastics: Theory and Applications
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ISBN: 9781285061238
Author: Lokensgard, Erik
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
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The given statement should be completed.

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Plastics are organic polymers of high molecular mass substances. Plastics are durable, lightweight, resistant to corrosion, chemical stress and have many more advantageous properties. But industrially special ingredients are added to plastic to enhance and alter to get desired properties to plastics.

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Additives, Reinforcements and Fillers.

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______ are used for improvement or extension of the properties of plastics.

The special ingredients added to plastics in order to enhance or alter properties of plastics fall into three categories as additives, reinforcements and fillers. These ingredients improveprocess ability, surface finish, thermal and electrical conductivity, reduces material cost and many other properties.

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