The characteristics and uses of organic glass

Plexiglass plate, commonly known as organic glass. It is a thermoplastic with excellent light transmittance. It is based on methyl methacrylate as the main base material, and added with polymerization initiators and plasticizers.

Plexiglass plate features:

1. The plexiglass is excellent in light transmittance, 99% of light transmission, and 73.5% of ultraviolet light.

2. High mechanical strength.

3 heat resistance, cold resistance and weather resistance are better.

4. Good internal corrosion and insulation.

5. Brittle texture, soluble in organic solvents.

6. The surface hardness is not great.

7. Prone to scratches, affect the permeability of plexiglass.

Use of organic glass plates:

Plexiglass sheet has excellent properties, making it extremely versatile. In addition to being used as a canopy, windshield and string window in airplanes, it is also used as a windscreen and window for jeep, skylights (to prevent crushing) for large buildings, screens for televisions and radars, protective covers for instruments and equipment, and telecommunication enclosures. , telescopes and optical lenses on the camera.

The daily necessities made of plexiglass are dazzling, such as buttons, display stands, toys, and lamps made of pearlescent plexiglass. Because of the decorative effect of colored plexiglass, it is particularly beautiful.

There is also a wonderful use of plexiglass in medicine, which is to make artificial corneas. If the transparent cornea of ​​the human eye is covered with opaque material, light cannot enter the eye. This is blindness caused by total keratopathy and this disease cannot be treated with drugs.