What is acrylic
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Published time: 2021-06-09
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Acrylic is a transparent glass-like material, but also opaque and colored. Also called plexiglass, it has a wide range of applications, such as cosmetic display racks, acrylic fonts and acrylic light boxes on the background wall of the storefront display props, and so on.
Acrylic is a transparent glass-like material, but also opaque and colored. Also called plexiglass, it has a wide range of applications, such as cosmetic display racks, acrylic fonts and acrylic light boxes on the background wall of the storefront display props, and so on. The word "acrylic" may sound unfamiliar, because it is a new type of word that has only appeared on the mainland in the past two years. It wasn't until 2002 that it was gradually understood by a few people in the advertising industry, furniture industry, and handicraft industry. "Acrylic" is a transliterated foreign word, English is ACRYLIC, it is a kind of chemical material. The chemical name is "PMMA", which belongs to propylene alcohol, commonly known as "specially treated plexiglass". In the application industry, its raw materials generally appear in the form of particles, plates, pipes, etc.
Acrylic sheet and plexiglass "plexiglass" come from English Organic Glass. In recent years, in some areas, all transparent plastic sheets are collectively referred to as plexiglass. In fact, this is wrong. Acrylic refers specifically to pure polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) materials, while PMMA sheets are called acrylic sheets. . Characteristics and advantages of acrylic sheet Acrylic has high transparency, light transmittance of 92%, and has the reputation of "plastic crystal". And has excellent weather resistance, especially for outdoor use, ranking first among other plastics, and has good surface hardness and gloss, processing plasticity, and can be made into various required shapes and products. In addition, there are many types of plates and rich colors (including translucent color plates), and another feature is that thick plates can still maintain high transparency.
