Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction

Published by Wiley
ISBN 10: 1118324579
ISBN 13: 978-1-11832-457-8

Chapter 1 - Introduction - Questions - Page 18: 1.5c

Answer

Polymer

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Plexiglas at first sight deceptively appears to be a ceramic as the name is misleading, since glass itself is silicon oxide (a ceramic). However, Plexiglas is a trade name for polymethyl methacrylate, which is a long organic chain of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Therefore, Plexiglas is a polymer.
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