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Thermoplastic

Scope note

Plastic that becomes soft when heated and hard when cooled, no matter how often these processes are repeated, because of little or no cross-bonding between molecules. MH12

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300014415

Broader Terms used

<plastic by property>

Created

13yrs ago

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