thermoset

• Qualifie un type de polymère qui, après durcissement sous l'effet de la chaleur ou d'une réaction chimique, ne peut plus être fondu ni remodelé.

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.

   thermodurcissable

   • 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.

   Synonymesthermosetting

   Antonymesthermoplastic