Acrylic, Teflon and Nylon
Acrylic sometimes known as Plexiglas describes a tough transparent plastic-type. Initially employed for industrial reasons like a lightweight option to glass, it's now not just present in most spheres of daily existence; however it has additionally opened up new exciting avenues in jewellery, design and art. The invention and manufacture of acrylic acidity in 1843, was then other developments, specially the discovery of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), more generally known as acrylic. Patented in Germany in 1933, Plexiglas is a common brand. Other brands - for example Lucite and Perspex - are utilized interchangeably using the term acrylic. (more…)