Polymer Science and Technology

Plastics and Elastomers

Plastic materials vary substantially. Different monomer chemistries, additives, reinforcements, molecular weight and many other variables give hundreds of families of plastic materials and tens of thousands of grades. An elastomer is a polymer with viscoelasticity (i.e., both thickness and flexibility) and powerless intermolecular powers, and for the most part low Young's modulus and high disappointment strain contrasted and different materials.