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Description
Report Description
Plastic additives are chemicals added in a polymer to modify its properties. The polymers
used in plastics are combined with monomeric units and are not in their pure form, but are
harmless. The objective is to improve the processing characteristics and properties of plastics
and to enhance performance. These monomers are known as plastic additives and can be
classified as reinforcing fibres, coupling agents, stabilizers, and colorants, fillers, processing
aids, flame retardants, peroxides and antistatic agents. Plastic additives enable safe handling
of the plastic during the manufacture of finished products. The stabilizing plastic additives
are halogen stabilizers, ultraviolet absorbers, antioxidants and biological preservatives. Also,
there are processing aids such as lubricants and flow controls.
The end-uses of plastic additives are in the plastic industry and its products. For example, fire
retardation plastic additives are added to polymers to break them down. This ensures
reduced viscosity, which is essential for moulding the plastics into various finished products.
Another example is that of ultraviolet absorbers, which are added in plastic pots used in
plantations, to enable resistance to ultraviolet rays. Anti-microbial plastic additives are also
used in this product as well as other products, as microorganisms can decompose plastics
into monomers. Lubricants minimizes both internal and external friction, helps mould release
and enhance mould flow. Fillers are used to increase the volume of the plastic available and
to make it cost-effective. Also, temperature resistance of plastics is enhanced by plastic
additives. Additives facilitate the use of plastic in space craft due to the ability to sustain at
high temperatures. Plastic additives have a large number of applications in defense,
aerospace, aviation, automotive, consumer appliances, commodities, paints and coatings,
FMCG and packaging industries