ABSTRACT
Plastics materials can be classified into, thermoplastic, thermosetting and elastomers. Because of its low relative density and comparative indestructibility, congregate in increasing quantity, this chapter illustrates some of the more important properties and uses of thermoplastic, thermosetting and elastomers include plasticiers, acrylonitrile butadiene (ABS). The most important of these materials is polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). High-temperature thermoplastics are temperature tolerance. This includes the properties and uses of acrylic thermoplastics, Polyether ether ketone (PEEK). It indicates the composition, polymerisation mechanical properties, covalent bonds between neighbouring chains in a thermoset, resulting in a three-dimensional network. Properties in their compound, relative density, tensile strength, chemical resistance, Safe working temperature, relative cost, uses are provided for the plastic materials such as thermosets, phenolics, polyester thermosetting materials such as polyurethanes, epoxy resin, polyimides, properties and uses of polyimide thermosetting materials, silicones elastomers, vulcanisation process, engineering elastomers, recycling of polymers, and properties of elastomers, indicating their individual tensile strength, percentage elongation, service temperatures, resistance to oil and greases, resilience and its uses.
