Thermoplastic

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A thermoplastic is any one of a group of plastics that can be remelted repeatedly and recycled or used to form other products.

A partial list of thermoplastics:

• High Density Polyethylene
• Medium Density Polyethylene
• Low Density Polyethylene
• Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
• Polypropylene
• Polythylene
• Acrylic
• Polystyrene

See also: Thermosetting plastic

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Thermoplastic" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoplastic, used under the GNU Free Documentation License