Acrylic. Is it plastic or glass? This is a question many of you have been asked or heard. Indeed, the transparent appearance of acrylic, relatively tough material characteristics, far look like glass, close look like plastic , really make people “Meng circle”.
In fact, Acrylics is transliterated from English acrylics. Acrylics is a polymer material and thermoplastic acrylics. But because acrylic happens to have the characteristics of glass or transparent material, so acrylic is also called “plexiglass”, also known as “plastic queen”.
The acrylic products we commonly see are made of acrylic granule, sheet or resin and other raw materials through a variety of different processing methods, and with a variety of different materials and functional parts to be assembled into the acrylic products. Small ornaments, or glasses on your head, large to the building materials used in the decoration of the family house, many of them are acrylic as raw materials. Therefore, we are not strange to acrylic.
Acrylic has the following “six” characteristics: 1, light density, acrylic is a very light material, density is only 1.19-1.20, about half of the ordinary glass, metal aluminum 43%. 2, with excellent electrical insulation, good fire resistance, not spontaneous combustion and self-extinguishing. 3, with good light transmittance, transmittance can reach more than 92%, more than 10% higher than ordinary glass, and has a crystal like texture and luster. 4, acrylic packaging bottle decoration effect is good, appearance level is high, visual effect is good, promote the appeal of consumers. 5, not afraid of tide, not afraid of water, no mold, no bacteria, corrosion resistance. 6, impact resistance, is 16 times of ordinary glass, almost no risk of fracture.
With good transparency, chemical stability and weather resistance, easy dyeing, easy processing, beautiful appearance…… Acrylic so many characteristics, advantages, so called “plastic queen” is not too much.
Acrylic has many similar characteristics with glass, some advantages even exceed glass, some advantages can perfect make up for the shortcomings of glass. Since “acrylic” this new material stands out, many enterprises in the cosmetics industry use “acrylic” plastic bottles instead of glass bottles. Therefore, acrylic plastic bottles have become a very widely used cosmetic packaging.
Now, “acrylic” bottle and PET bottle, PETG bottle together to form a strong “transparent three strong” packaging.
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Post time:Nov-09-2022