thermoset

• Se dice de un tipo de polímero que, tras curarse o endurecerse por acción del calor o de una reacción química, no puede fundirse ni remodelarse; adquiere una forma permanente e irreversible.

Describing a type of polymer that, once cured or hardened by heat or chemical reaction, cannot be remelted or reshaped.

1. Permanently hardened by heatC1formaltechnical

   Describing a material that becomes permanently rigid and hard after being heated or cured, and cannot be remelted or reshaped.

   termoestable

   • Thermoset plastics are used in electrical insulators because they do not melt under high temperatures.
   • The epoxy resin is a thermoset polymer that forms a durable coating.
   • Unlike thermoplastics, thermoset materials cannot be recycled by melting.

   Sinónimosthermosetting

   Antónimosthermoplastic