Icall pioneered the use of plastics in hairdressing equipment, specifically a thermosetting plastic, ( Bakelite ) which was used not only because of its electrical properties in the windings of motors and heaters, but in the outer coverings of the heaters.
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:: : : Well, pizza boxes are made from cardboard and plastic grocery bags are made from, ehm, plastic . : ) If you mean putting them in the plastic container, there are two main types of plastic; thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics.
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Some are thermosetting plastics in which the term " resin " is loosely applied to the reactant or product, or both . " Resin " may be applied to one of two monomers in a copolymer ( the other being called a " hardener ", as in epoxy resins ).
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:: Formica is made with melamine resin-that is a " thermosetting plastic "-which means that you heat it, form it into some kind of shape and let it cool-" "'BUT " "'once you've done that, you can't heat it up and do it again because it'll burn before it reaches a high enough temperature to melt.
