Additives in plastics
Additives in plastics Additives are added for many reasons some of the additives and its purpose we are going to discuss here. Additives are also called as Agents Before that we get know about the term Polymers why because in this blog the term polymers only used so it’s essential to know what is polymers Polymers: Synthetic Large molecules are made by joining together thousands of small molecular units know as monomers. The process of joining the molecules is called polymerization and the number of units in the long molecule is known as degree of polymerization. The name of many polymers consists of the name of the monomers with the suffix poly. Now your clear about the term polymers, ok now again we come back to the Additives / Agents, types of agents are listed below according to the requirement the additives are used. Antistatic Agents : Most polymers are poor conductors of current build up a charge of static electricity. Antistatic agent attracts moisture from ...