Standard plastics

Weight- related market shares of the five most popular standard plastics in Europe in 2013. (100% ~ 46.3 Mt.)

Standard plastics (also known as mass plastics ) are ( thermoplastic ) plastics that are produced very cheaply in large quantities and can be used in many ways. They comprise the five most commonly consumed plastics, which together make up 66% of the plastics used worldwide: polyethylene (PE-LD / PE-LLD and PE-HD), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polystyrene (PS). They are differentiated from engineering plastics (for technical applications) and high-performance plastics (for special applications).

use

Standard plastics are used in numerous areas of everyday life, especially for packaging and in construction (especially PVC).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Plastics the Facts 2014/2015 on plasticseurope.org. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 10, 2015 ; accessed on June 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Wolfgang Kaiser : Kunststoffchemie für Ingenieure: From synthesis to application . 2nd Edition. Carl Hanser, 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-41325-2 , pp. 439 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Hans-Georg Elias: Makromoleküle, Volume 4: Applications of polymers . 6th edition. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2003, ISBN 3-527-29962-9 , pp. 298 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[:0-1] Plastics the Facts 2014/2015 on plasticseurope.org. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 10, 2015 ; accessed on June 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[Kaiser-2] Wolfgang Kaiser : Kunststoffchemie für Ingenieure: From synthesis to application . 2nd Edition. Carl Hanser, 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-41325-2 , pp. 439 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[Elias4-3] Hans-Georg Elias: Makromoleküle, Volume 4: Applications of polymers . 6th edition. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2003, ISBN 3-527-29962-9 , pp. 298 ( limited preview in Google Book search).