Thermosetting polymer
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In materials science, a thermosetting polymer, often called a thermoset, is a polymer that is obtained by irreversibly hardening a soft solid or viscous liquid prepolymer. Curing is induced by heat or
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Thermoplastic
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A thermoplastic, or thermosoftening plastic, is any plastic polymer material that becomes pliable or moldable at a certain elevated temperature and solidifies upon cooling.
Thermosetting polymer
…designed to be molded into the final shape. It may also be used as an adhesive. Once hardened, a thermoset cannot be melted for reshaping, in contrast to thermoplastic polymers which are commonly produced and distributed in the form of pellets, and shaped into the final product form by melting, pressing, or injection…
Stress-strain graph of a thermoplastic material