High Performance Plastics is Defined as those Plastics that not Merely Resist but Performs Much Better than Other Standard Performance Plastics

 

High Performance Plastics is defined as those plastics that not merely resist but performs much better than other standard performance plastics in the exact same category. Which means high-performance polymers don't change color, breakdown easily, don't yellow, and don't form scales. Typically the most popular high-performance plastic is PVC (polyvinyl chloride), because it's resistant to weathering, thick, and may be easily welded. However, the most typical high-performance plastic is HMP (high molecular polymers) such as for example polycarbonate and polypropylene.

High Performance Plastics have excellent mechanical properties, specifically high strength-to-weight ratios, and tensile strength. They are resistant to both abrasion and corrosion and possess significant brittleness and fatigue strength. As an example, a well known high-performance plastics product called polyethylene (PEX) is used to make pipes, ductwork, and oil seals. Since PEX is highly resistive to the majority of chemicals, it may be used to strengthen piping by improving the physical resistance to leakage. Since it's highly resistant to freezing and thawing, a physical seal is needed for preventing leaks in the cold. Standard pipe joints would be insufficient because they'd crack underneath the extreme conditions that occur within a pipeline leak.

Therefore, engineers have incorporated a physical seal made from fluoropolymers in place of the traditional PEX, which will be resistant to freezing and thawing. Many high-performance plastics have high mechanical properties. These characteristics allow them to resist wear, impact, creep, abrasion, heat flow, chemical reaction, compression, and a great many other mechanical stresses. High-performance plastics will even expand and contract less under various temperature and pressure conditions than regular plastics. As previously mentioned above, high end plastics are used in a wide selection of applications. However, because they have a wide variety of possible applications and because they may be customized in many ways, they are sometimes used in place of metals in some applications. Recently, in Germany, Lanxess AG announced to build a new production plant for high-performance plastics in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany.