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Question
Write short note.
Uses of plastic.
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Solution
- Melamine is used in domestically useful items like cup, saucers, plates, trey, spare parts of airplane engine and sound insulating coverings etc.
- Polyurethane is used in surfing boards, small boats, furniture, seats in vehicles etc.
- Bakelite is used for making cabinets of radio, T.V., telephones, electric switches, toys, coverings over handles of cookers etc.
- Polyester is used for making fiberglass, toners of laser printers, textile industry etc.
- Polypropylene is used for making parts of loudspeakers & vehicles, ropes, mattresses, laboratory appliances etc.
- Polyethene is used for making milk bags, packing bags, flexible garden pipes etc.
- Polystyrene is used for making thermo-insulating parts of electric appliances like refrigerators, gears of the machine, toys, protective coverings like covers of CD and DVD etc.
- Polyvinyl chloride is used for making bottles, raincoat, pipes, handbags, shoes, electric cable insulation, furniture, ropes, toys etc.
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