Talk:Thermosetting plastic

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Penguine_s 213.42.2.22 Jan 26, 2006

How do you blow mold a crosslinked material? All the materials referenced on the blow molding page are linear polymers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.156.116 (talk) 03:01, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

== HeadThermosetting plastics (thermosets) are polymers materials that cure, through the addition of energy, to a stronger form. The energy may be in the form of heat (generally above 200 degrees Celsius), through a chemical reaction line text ==

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Thermoset is polymer which cures after heating. Polymer which cures after irradiation or chemical reaction (nota bene in thermosets there is also chemical reaction during curing) isn't THERMOset. Marcinj (talk) 11:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question on recycling

Article states:

This implies that thermosets cannot be recycled, except as filler material.

Is this true, or would it be more accurate to say that they can't be recycled as plastics other than filler material without being subjected to additional chemical processes? Bongomatic (talk) 08:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

As far as I know it is true, because they sort of form unified huge molecules and you can't reprocess that. Federico Grigio, alias Nahraana (talk) 21:44, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Are Thermo Plastics Recyclable??????????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.72.224.74 (talk) 08:42, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes. See thermoplastics (not the same as thermosetting plastic). Federico Grigio, alias Nahraana (talk) 20:31, 27 May 2008 (UTC)