engineering plastic

plastic

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Engineering plastics are a category of specialty resins known for their ability to compete with metals in demanding applications like plumbing and automotive parts. These plastics are produced in lower volumes and at a higher cost than commodity plastics, with properties tailored for specific uses. Examples include polyacetal, polyamide (nylon), polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon), polycarbonate, and polyetheretherketone. Many engineering plastics are composed of heterochain polymers, which contain atoms like oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur in their backbone chains, in addition to carbon.12

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…this group are the so-called engineering plastics, or engineering resins, which are plastics that can compete with die-cast metals in plumbing, hardware, and automotive applications. Important engineering plastics, less familiar to consumers than the commodity plastics listed above, are polyacetal, polyamide (particularly those known by the trade name nylon), polytetrafluoroethylene…
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…this group are the so-called engineering plastics, or engineering resins, which are plastics that can compete with die-cast metals in plumbing, hardware, and automotive applications. Important engineering plastics, less familiar to consumers than the commodity plastics listed above, are polyacetal, polyamide (particularly those known by the trade name nylon), polytetrafluoroethylene…
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