Commonly Used Resins: Thermo-Plastic Resins and Thermo-Setting Resins

As plastics are classified into two groups, according to their behaviour with respect to heating, the resins or binders are also broadly divided into the following two groups: (1) Thermo-Plastic Resins (2) Thermo-Setting Resins. (1) Thermo-Plastic Resins: Following are the commonly used thermo-plastic resins: (i) Alkyd (ii) Cellulose (iii) Cumarone-indene (iv) Methyl methacrylate (v) Styrene (vi) Vinyl. (i) Alkyd: These [...]