What material is ABS? Is it plastic or resin?
Release time:
2024-03-28
Acrylonitrile-styrene-butadiene copolymer, ABS is an acronym for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene. All the statements are right. You must first understand the difference between plastic and resin: plastic (resin figurine) refers to the resin (or in the process of direct polymerization of monomers) as the main component, with plasticizers, fillers, lubricants, colorants and other additives as auxiliary components, in the process of flow molding materials, can also be said to be resin as the main raw material and plastic materials and their products.
Acrylonitrile-styrene-butadiene copolymer, ABS is an acronym for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene. All the statements are right. You must first understand the difference between plastic and resin: plastic (resin figurine) refers to the resin (or in the process of direct polymerization of monomers) as the main component, with plasticizers, fillers, lubricants, colorants and other additives as auxiliary components, in the process of flow molding materials, can also be said to be resin as the main raw material and plastic materials and their products. Plastic generally refers to finished products, such as plastic cups, plastic bowls, etc. Resin (resin craft) generally refers to raw materials, such as polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, polyester resin, etc., but in general, plastic and resin two nouns can be used. Therefore, it can be said that plastic is resin and resin is plastic. It can be seen that resin is one of the raw materials of plastic, and plastic is the finished product of resin. In other words, the resin is not molded, and the plastic is molded.
ABS material is a common injection molding thermoplastic, can be used to make toys, common tools and sports equipment and so on.
If you are used to printing with PLA materials, you will probably find ABS printing a little more complicated. More steps are required and the settings are different. However, the ABS material is indeed very resistant to high temperature and extrusion, and the molding effect is also relatively good.
ABS plastic is usually called, it should be called ABS resin
The main question is divided into two question marks. In fact, only one question is asked. Is ABS material plastic or resin?
ABS material is accurately divided into ABS resin and ABS plastic two.
Among them, ABS plastic is the finished product of ABS resin. ABS resin by acrylonitrile (PAN), butadiene (PB), styrene (PS) three monomer copolymer, the English name is Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, referred to as ABS. ABS plastic is an engineering plastic after ABS resin has been modified (adding additives or alloys, etc.) to improve performance.
In petrochemical production, ABS is mainly produced by emulsion method. Styrene and acrylonitrile are polymerized into AS resin, and then polymerized with butadiene in emulsion state to obtain ABS resin.
Transparent ABS produced by replacing acrylonitrile AN with MMA, heat-resistant ABS obtained by grafting ABS resin with PMI or MAH, flame-retardant ABS obtained by adding flame retardant, etc. all belong to ABS plastics.
In addition, there is a saying that the resin is divided into natural resin and synthetic resin, which can be called plastic resin. That is, ABS, which is directly copolymerized by three monomers, can be called ABS resin or ABS plastic.
Originally, the distinction between resin and plastic is not very strict, so in actual production or business, ABS is plastic or resin, in fact, it is not so important.
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