2006-10-08 21:20:35 · 6 answers · asked by wHoLiVeSiNaPiNaPpLeUnDeRtHeSeA?? 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
The guy at Dupont got this stuff on his hands and screamed out loud "Someone find me a [place to stick] this #@#$!!"
2006-10-08 21:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In physics and materials science, PLASTICITY is a property of a material to undergo a non-reversible change of shape in response to an applied force. Plastic deformation occurs under shear stress, as opposed to brittle fractures which occur under normal stress. Examples of plastic materials are clay and mild steel. In engineering, the transition from elastic behavior to plastic behavior is called yield. Thisis how Plastic name came to use.
2006-10-09 04:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sine it was a mouldable material, they named it plastc - from the Greek plastikos, from plassein ‘to mould’
More on plastic here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic
2006-10-09 04:33:37 · answer #3 · answered by belmyst 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
plastic: pvc added elastic material* saitsified?
2006-10-09 04:23:19 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was invented by a spastic who couldnt spell.
2006-10-09 04:31:11 · answer #5 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From its parents.
2006-10-09 04:22:10 · answer #6 · answered by yogabbagabba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋