Thermoplastic
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Most thermoplastics are high molecular weight polymer chains, mostly joined through weak dispersion forces and more rarely dipole-dipole interactions. Thermoplastic polymers are usually contrasted with thermosetting polymers, which cannot go through melt/freeze cycles.
Many thermoplastic materials are addition polymers (chain growth polymers), such as polyethylene and polypropylene.
List of thermoplastics
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
- Acrylic
- Celluloid
- Cellulose acetate
- Ethylene vinyl alcohol (E/VAL)
- Fluoroplastics (PTFEs, including FEP, PFA, CTFE, ECTFE, ETFE)
- Ionomers
- Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP)
- Polyacetal (POM or Acetal)
- Polyacrylates (Acrylic)
- Polyacrylonitrile (PAN or Acrylonitrile)
- Polyamide (PA or Nylon)
- Polyamide-imide (PAI)
- Polyaryletherketone (PAEK or Ketone)
- Polybutadiene (PBD)
- Polybutylene (PB)
- Polybutylene teraphthalate (PBT)
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
- Polycyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate (PCT)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- Polyektone (PK)
- Polyester
- Polyethylene/Polythene/Polyethene
- Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
- Polyetherimide (PEI)
- Polyethersulfone (PES)
- Polyethylenechlorinates (PEC)
- Polyimide (PI)
- Polymethylpentene (PMP)
- Polyphenylene Oxide (PPO)
- Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS)
- Polyphthalamide (PPA)
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Polystyrene (PS)
- Polysulfone (PSU)
- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
