Question

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of plastics?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Advantages of plastic:

 Advantages of plastic are light in weight.

 They can be easily moulded and have excellent finishing.

 They possess very good strength and toughness. They possess good shock absorption capacity.

 Advantages of plastic are corrosion resistant and chemically inert.

 They have low thermal expansion of co-efficient and possess good thermal and electrical insulating

property.

 Advantages of plastic is very good water resistant and possess good adhesiveness.

 Plastic is strong, good and cheap to produce.

 Plastic is a recycling process and it does not decompose.

 Plastic bottles can be reused and restored over again and again.

 Plastic is one of the unbreakable.

 Plastic is an odourless.

 Plastic is used for building, construction, electronics, packaging (gladwrap) and transportation industries.

 Used to make - Water bottles, pens, plastic bags, cups etc.

 Advantages of plastic are Very cheap to make.

 Durability

 Strength

 Chemical resistance.

 Advantages of plastic are used to produce another product.

 Used to reduce soil and wind erosion.

Disadvantages of plastics:

 Plastic is a nonrenewable resources.

 Plastic is softness.

 causes CANCER

 Disadvantage of plastics are embrittlement at low temperature.

 Disadvantage of plastics are deformation under load.

 Disadvantage of plastics are low heat resistant and poor ductility.

 Disadvantage of plastics are combustibility.

 Produces toxic fumes when it is burnt

 It is a recycle process, but it is very costly.

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