Lets discuss about melting point of plastics
Dominick Rosato, Donald Rosato, in Plastics Engineered Product Design, 2003
Translucent plastics have explicit dissolve temperatures (Tm) or softening focuses. Nebulous plastics don't. They have relaxing reaches that are little in volume when cementing of the liquefy happens or when the strong mollifies and turns into a liquid sort soften. They begin relaxing when the warmth cycle starts. A liquefying temperature is accounted for typically addressing the normal in the conditioning range.
The Tm of glasslike plastics happens at a moderately sharp point going from strong to dissolve. It is the temperature at which melts mollifies and starts to have stream inclination (Table 1.8). They have a genuine Tm with an inactive warmth of combination related with the softening and freezing measure, and a generally huge volume change during manufacture. Translucent plastics have impressive request of the particles in the strong state showing that a significant number of the iotas are routinely divided. The soften strength of the plastic happens while in the liquid state. It is a designing proportion of the extensional consistency and is characterized as the most extreme strain that can be applied to the dissolve without breaking.
Table 1.8. Glasslike thermoplastic liquefy temperatures
Plastic °C °F
Low Density Polyethylene 116 240
High Density Polyethylene 130 266
Polypropylene 175 347
Nylon 6 215 419
Nylon 66 260 500
Polyester 260 500
Polyarylamide 400 755
Polytetrafluoroethylene 330 626
The Tm is reliant upon the preparing pressure and the time under heat, especially during a lethargic temperature change for generally thick melts during handling. Likewise, if the liquefy temperature is too low, the dissolve's thickness will be high and all the more exorbitant force required handling it. In the event that the thickness is excessively high, corruption will happen. There is the right preparing window utilized for the diverse dissolving plastics.