The story of Plexiglas begins in the early 1930s, during a period of intense innovation in synthetic materials. German chemist Otto Röhm was perfecting his own version of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA ...
Acrylic polymers such as poly(methyl methacrylate)—the plastic used in Plexiglas—are durable materials with a huge variety of commercial applications. But the all ...
I am looking for a method to evenly heat a small acrylic (Plexiglas) sheet until it's softened, but not liquified.<BR><BR>Historically, when I want to bend acrylic I would use my propane torch and ...
Thermoplastics are amazingly versatile materials. Apply some heat, add a little force, and within seconds you’ve got a part. It’s not always quite that simple, but as [maxelrad] discovered, sometimes ...
Plexiglas ist ein tolles Material. In der ehemaligen Kindl Brauerei stapelt der Künstler Franz Wanner leere Schauvitrinen aus Plexiglas, wie sie weltweit in Ausstellungshäusern benutzt werden, sorgsam ...
Wedged onto kindergarteners’ desks, professors’ lecterns and cashiers’ counters, Plexiglas barriers have become a ubiquitous COVID-19 precaution, nearly as pervasive as masks and hand sanitizer. But ...
Plexiglas oder Acrylglas – beides bezeichnet dasselbe: einen Kunststoff, der transparent und belastbar ist. Er wird daher häufig als Alternative zu Glas genutzt, etwa bei Fensterverglasungen und bei ...
Röhm is the new name for the methacrylates business of Evonik Industries, which was just sold to the private equity firm Advent International for $3.4 billion. Röhm holds the Plexiglas polymethyl ...