1. Thermosetting plastic laminates can be used for facing table and countertops.2. In 1938 melamine thermosetting resin was developed by American Cyanamid Company. 3. Cross-links are the characteristic property of thermosetting plastic materials. 4. The term usually refers to thermoplastic materials rather than thermosetting ones. 5. In contrast to thermosetting plastics, thermoplastics can be reheated and remolded. 6. Thermosetting plastics include acrylics and polycarbonates, vinyls and polystyrene.7. In the thermosetting process, a chemical reaction occurs that is irreversible. 8. Plastics can be divided into two broad categories : thermosetting plastics and thermoplastics. 9. Thermosetting plastics can be molded only once, during the initial setting process.10. Thermosetting plastics include epoxy cements and plastic laminates ( used for countertops ).
