Pure polystyrene is brittle, but hard enough that a fairly high-performance product can be made by giving it some of the properties of a stretchier material, such as polybutadiene rubber.
Polystyrene is a versatile plastic that can be rigid or foamed. It is a low cost member of the plastics family. It also generally recognized as the best styrenic material.
Polybutadiene is added during polymerization it can become chemically bonded to the polystyrene, forming a graft copolymer which helps to incorporate normal polybutadiene into the final mix, resulting in high-impact polystyrene or HIPS, often called "high-impact plastic" in advertisements.
Common applications include use in toys and product casings. HIPS is usually injection molded in production. Autoclaving polystyrene can compress and harden the material.
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- Thickness 0.5mm-3mm
- Size 4x6, 4x8
Methylmethacrylate-Styrene (MS) provides efficient solutions to upgrade GPPS applications, cost reduction (replacing PMMA, PC) and adding design ideas to regular non-clear resins. It also exhibits lower density and is more easily processed while having similar weather resistance properties and surface hardness as PMMA
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Thickness | Width | Length | Product Form | Colour |
1mm- 25mm |
Standard-1.22 m Custom- up to 2.135mm |
Standard 1.83m, 2.44m Customized length |
Sheet Form, Roll form | Custom Colours |
Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging and labeling, textlies stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes. An addition polymer made from the monomer propylene, it is rugged and also well known for the great resistant to many chemical solvents, bases and acids. Besides, it can also easily be weilded and modified by machines.
Polypropylene has a relatively slippery "low energy surface" that means that many common glues will not form adequate joints. Joining of polypropylene is often done using welding processes.
Features & Benefits
- Chemical resistance
- Acid resistance
- Impact resistance
- High temperature resistance
- Abrasion resistance
- Exellent hardness and stiffness