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Aidan Cooney

Is viscoelastic the same as pseudo-plastic?

Data Val  Follow

For you short understanding, basically the plastics are of 2 types:

  1. Thermoplastics: These plastics cannot undergo any chemical changes but can be molded by heating from 2,000 to 5,000 amu (atomic mass unit). They can be recycled easily.

Best example are like children toys, ballons, balls,.

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David Wrixon  Follow

No, viscoelastic behavior is behavior under which a material simultaneously exhibits both elastic properties and viscous properties of the underlying material. Under viscoelastic conditions, a material will temporarily rearrange under stress conditions but removal of the stress will result in restoration of the original form of the material. Pseudoplastic behavior is behavior under which the material exhibits sheer thinning no parties properties. For molten polymers and certain types of branched polymers, the apparent viscosity of the polymer decreases as the amount of sheer increases. This is quite distinct from the viscoelastic behavior.

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