Views: 281 Author: Vickey Publish Time: 2023-08-21 Origin: Site
When looking for a smartphone case, silicone, polycarbonate, hard plastics, and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) are frequently your material options. We'll explain TPU in more detail if you're curious.
You undoubtedly already know that plastic is typically a synthetic substance created from synthetic polymers. The building blocks of polymers are monomers. Huge macromolecules are formed when neighboring monomer molecules join together to create extended chains.
The characteristic that gives plastics their name is plasticity. Simply put, a solid substance can be permanently distorted if it is plastic. By pressing, molding, or extruding them, plastics may be reshaped. Because of how they respond to heat, thermoplastics acquired their name. When thermoplastics reach a particular temperature, they turn into plastic and may then be molded into the desired shape.Until they are heated up again, their new shape after cooling off becomes permanent.
The temperatures required to liquefy thermoplastics are significantly greater than, for instance, those that would ever be applied to your phone. Therefore, it is unlikely that a thermoplastic product will deform under typical use.
A type of organic polymer known as polyurethane (PU) is connected by urethane linkages. In this context, "organic" refers to organic chemistry, which focuses on carbon-based molecules. The term comes from the fact that carbon is the foundation of all life.
The fact that polyurethane has no particular chemical composition is one of its unique characteristics. A variety of different monomers can be used to create polyurethane. It is a "class" of polymers because of this.Different PUs have unique qualities because different materials may be used to manufacture them. The majority of polyurethane is produced as foam, such as in kitchen sponges.
Although there are many different materials used to make TPU, most of its products are transparent, elastic, and light in weight. TPU is strong even when it is fairly thin. TPU is a fantastic material for protective cases since it combines strength and flexibility and won't rip, fracture, or shatter when put through the regular pressures that a fallen device would experience. TPU has good resistance to oils and liquids as an added benefit. Therefore, your fingers' perspiration and natural oils shouldn't damage them.
You almost definitely have a lot of TPU around because it has such a wide range of uses. TPU is used in or created for a variety of products, including shoes, hoses, tubes, cable sleeves, car dashboard panels, and tool casings.
It's a good option for a smartphone cover as well, since your phone is already composed of amazing materials like Gorilla Glass and polycarbonate. So perhaps you can be one of the courageous people who choose to go caseless and avoid having to make a decision at all.
