Japan develops a new plastic deformed like rubber

In the future, the car's red shock bars will be made of plastic that can deform like rubber. Japan's Toray Industrial Chemical Corporation has developed a new kind of plastic that is capable of withstanding the impact of deformation such as rubber.

The Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) funds research and development (R & D) activities in the field of industrial, energy and environmental technology in Japan. Blend a molten plastic and components in the rubber. These two materials are mixed by a special extruder.

The durability of this new plastic is similar to that of the best nylon unless the new material is deformed only when subjected to forces above a certain threshold.

Toray plans to introduce the material in 2010, for example, in the manufacture of car shock absorbers or electronic component packages.

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