SYNTHETIC FIBRES AND PLASTICS

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SYNTHETIC FIBRES AND PLASTICS

• Ms. ANUPAMA SINGH

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• CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF PLASTICS

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PLASTIC IS NON-REACTIVE

• Unlike metals plastics do not react with water
  and air hence do not corrode easily.

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• Hence used for storing various kinds of materials
  like chemicals, food items and pickles.

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PLASTIC IS LIGHT, STRONG AND DURABLE

• It is therefore used for making buckets or mugs
  of different shapes and sizes which are generally
  cheaper than metals.

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PLASTICS ARE POOR CONDUCTORS OF HEAT AND
ELECTRICITY

• It is used for making covering of electrical
  wires, handles of screw drivers and handles of
  frying pans.

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• USES OF PLASTICS

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• Used in packing tablets, threads for stitching
  wounds, syringes, doctors gloves and surgical
  instruments.

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• Used for making special plastic cookware for
  microwave ovens.

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• Teflon is used for making non-stick coating for
  utensils.

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• Uniforms of firemen have fire proof coating of
  melamine.

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BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL

• Material which gets decomposed through natural
  processes such as action of bacteria.
• Example plants and animal waste, paper, cotton
  wood.

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NON-BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL

• Material which is not easily decomposed by
  natural processes.
• Example metals articles, plastic bags.

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