Plastic film facts for kids
A plastic film is a thin continuous plastic material. Thicker plastic material is often called a "sheet". Plastic films have a wide variety of uses. These include: packaging, plastic bags, labels, building construction, landscaping, electrical fabrication, photographic film, film stock for movies, video tape, etc.
Materials
Almost all plastics can be formed into a thin film. Some of the primary ones are:
- Polyethylene – The most common plastic film is made of one of the types of polyethylene: low-density polyethylene, medium-density polyethylene, high-density polyethylene, or linear low-density polyethylene.
- Polypropylene – Polypropylene can be made a cast film.
- Polyester
- Nylon
- Polyvinyl chloride – film can be with or without a plasticizer
- Cellulose acetate - an early bioplastic
- Cellophane - made of regenerated cellulose
- A variety of bioplastics and biodegradable plastics are available.
- Semiembossed film – Semiembossed film can be used as a liner to the calendered rubber to keep the properties of rubber and also to prevent dust and other things from sticking to the rubber while calendering and during storage.
Images for kids
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6 mil polyethylene plastic sheet as vapor barrier in construction
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Confectionery packaging made of PLA-blend bio-flex bioplastic
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Shrink wrapped OH-58 Kiowa helicopters to be shipped.
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A tube of extruded film being blown to expand
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