thermosetting

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

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

1. Permanently hardening when heatedC1formaltechnical

   Describing a polymer or resin that undergoes an irreversible chemical change when heated, becoming hard and rigid, and cannot be remelted or reshaped.

   thermodurcissable

   • Thermosetting plastics are used for electrical insulators because they do not soften when heated.
   • The epoxy resin is a thermosetting material that cures into a durable, hard coating.
   • Unlike thermoplastics, thermosetting polymers cannot be recycled by melting.

   Synonymesthermoset

   Antonymesthermoplastic