Plastics | Types Of Plastics | Classification Of Plastics

What are Plastics?

Plastics are a material that is made up mainly of macromolecules, that can be made fluid by the action of heating and pressurizing, and that can be processed into end products with any useful shape you want to make.




Classification of Plastics


Plastics can be classified into:

1. Thermoplastics and Thermo sets

2. Amorphous Thermoplastics and Crystalline Thermoplastics

3. Commodity Plastics and Engineering Plastics


Thermoplastics Vs Thermo sets





Thermoplastics Elastomer

• TPE – thermoplastic elastomer

• Resemble rubber at room temperature

• Can be melt-processed like other thermoplastics

• Become elastic like rubber when cooled


Amorphous Thermoplastics Vs. Crystalline Thermoplastics





 Thermo sets Classifications





Commodity Plastics Vs Engineering Plastics