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Source : NCERT
ISC Chemistry
What structural features cause the difference between thermosetting and thermoplastic polymers?
What is the effect of heat on thermosetting and thermoplastic polymers?
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39Thermoplastic polymers can be melted again and again without any change while a thermosetting polymer can be heated only once whence it undergoes a permanent change and sets into a solid which cannot be remelted and reworked.
Thermoplastics are linear or slightly branched chain polymers while thermosettings are highly cross linked polymers(explaining their solid structure).
4@Pritish : " " Thermoplastics are linear or slightly branched chain polymers while
thermoplastics are highly cross linked polymers " "
Both thermoplastic ?? [3]
