WHAT IS THE HARDEST FORM OF PLASTIC?

Freda Dixon

The hardest forms of plastic include plastic that has been mixed with other types of materials, such as a recent discovery by a team of Bangalore researchers where they strengthened ordinary plastic with nanodiamonds – incredibly tiny bits of diamond that are invisible to the naked eye – a sheet of layered carbon and tiny carbon cylinders. Also, polycarbonates, which are commonly known by the trademark name Lexan, are a type of thermoplastic polymer which, due to their durability, are widely used in bullet-resistant ‘glass’. The softest forms of plastic can be runny, such as polymer clays, which are very malleable and can also include liquid forms.