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2. List of furniture types - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of furniture types. Furniture can be free-standing or built-in to a building. [1] They typically include pieces such as chairs, tables, storage units, and desks. [1] These objects are usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.

3. Thermoplastic - Wikipedia

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   PMMA is also known by trade names such as Lucite, Perspex and Plexiglas. It serves as a sturdy substitute for glass for items such as aquariums, buttons, motorcycle helmet visors, aircraft windows, viewing ports of submersibles, and lenses of exterior lights of automobiles. It is extensively used to make signs, including lettering and logos.

4. Resin casting - Wikipedia

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   Epoxy resin has a lower viscosity than polyurethane resin [citation needed]; polyester resin also shrinks markedly while curing. [1] Acrylic resin, in particular the methyl methacrylate type of synthetic resin, produces acrylic glass (also called PMMA, Lucite, Plexiglass), which is not a glass but a plastic polymer that is transparent, and very ...

5. Plastic - Wikipedia

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   Of all the plastic discarded so far, some 14% has been incinerated and less than 10% has been recycled. [2] In developed economies, about a third of plastic is used in packaging and roughly the same in buildings in applications such as piping, plumbing or vinyl siding. [4] Other uses include automobiles (up to 20% plastic [4]), furniture, and ...

6. Poly(methyl methacrylate) - Wikipedia

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   PMMA is also known as acrylic, acrylic glass, as well as by the trade names and brands Crylux, Hesalite, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Lucite, and Perspex, among several others . This plastic is often used in sheet form as a lightweight or shatter-resistant alternative to glass. It can also be used as a casting resin, in inks and coatings, and for many ...

7. Composite material - Wikipedia

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   The first artificial fibre reinforced plastic was a combination of fiber glass and bakelite, performed in 1935 by Al Simison and Arthur D Little in Owens Corning Company [16] One of the most common and familiar composite is fibreglass, in which small glass fibre are embedded within a polymeric material (normally an epoxy or polyester). The ...