The surface of acrylic looks no different from plastic, but in fact, acrylic is a special kind of plastic, and there is still a big difference between the two. Because acrylic acid is a material assembled by methyl methacrylate monomer, and the raw material of plastic is monomer, which is generally a polymer compound assembled by addition polymerization or polycondensation, which is very different. Since acrylic and plastic are so similar, how should we distinguish them? Generally, it can be compared by packaging, transparency, color saturation and intensity. These four aspects can compare the difference between acrylic and plastic at once. Do you know what acrylic is? What is plastic?

1. Packaging of raw materials

In the sales market, we can see that under normal circumstances, if the acrylic board is not used, both sides are covered with paper films to avoid scratching the acrylic board during transportation, but the usual plastic board is not packaged like that, because most plastics are unnecessary.

Second: transparency.

The transparency of acrylic sheet is very high, but the transparency of ordinary plastic is not so high, not as high as that of acrylic sheet.

Three: color saturation of color

Because of the high transparency of acrylic board, the color of acrylic board is very bright, but the color saturation of general plastic is relatively low. Comparing the two, we can see that the color of acrylic is more exquisite.

Four: the strength of raw materials

Acrylic sheet has high strength and is not easy to bend sharply. But the strength of plastic is a little lower than that of acrylic board. So it can be greatly bent, and some raw materials can be expanded and contracted.