The chemical name of this polymer transparent material is polymethyl methacrylate, which is a polymer compound polymerized from methyl methacrylate. It is an important thermoplastic developed earlier. Plexiglass can be divided into colorless transparent, colored transparent, pearlescent and embossed plexiglass. Plexiglass, commonly known as acrylic, acrylic and acrylic, has good transparency and chemical stability.
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Use of plexiglass:
1, machinery
Plexiglass has the above excellent properties, which makes it widely used. In addition to being used as the canopy, windshield and chord window of aircraft, it is also used as the windshield and window of jeep, the skylight of large building (which can prevent damage), the screen of TV and radar, the protective cover of instruments and equipment, the shell of telecommunication instruments, and the optical lens of telescopes and cameras.
2. Medical treatment
There is also a wonderful use of plexiglass in medicine, which is to make artificial cornea. If the transparent cornea of the human eye is covered with an opaque substance, light cannot enter the eye. This is blindness caused by leukoplakia of the whole cornea, which cannot be treated with drugs.
3. Architecture
In architecture, plexiglass is mainly used for lighting bodies, roofs, shed roofs, stairs and indoor wallboard. The application of plexiglass in lighting lampshades and car lights on expressways and high-grade roads is also quite fast. With the construction of hotels, guesthouses and high-grade houses in big cities, the lamp body has developed rapidly, and the overall structural strength of the lamp body made of plexiglass extruded board is high.
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