How to distinguish acrylic / PC board and PS board?

How to distinguish acrylic / PC board and PS board?

Common points and differentiation of organic board / acrylic / PC board

Plexiglass (acrylic)

Plexiglas scientific name: Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), English name Acrylics: Some people call it acrylic. It has excellent light transmission performance, can transmit more than 92% of sunlight, and ultraviolet rays reach 73.5%; high mechanical strength, certain heat and cold resistance, corrosion resistance, good insulation performance, stable size, easy molding, texture It is relatively brittle, easily soluble in organic solvents, with insufficient surface hardness, and easy to scrub. It can be used as a transparent structural part with certain strength. Adding some additives to it can improve its performance, such as heat and friction resistance. At present, this material is widely used in advertising light boxes, advertising and display supplies, furniture supplies, hotel supplies, sanitary ware, ,,,,.

PC (endurance board)

PC endurance board, chemical name (polycarbonate) English chemical name (PC). It has special climate stability, impact strength, wide temperature range (-100 ℃ to 120 ℃) and flame retardant characteristics.

The characteristics of PC endurance board: (1) It is a transparent plastic plate, which has high transparency (can replace glass) and transparency can reach more than 90%. (2) The surface has good hardness and gloss. (3) The workability is average, and the effect of hot bending is not good. (4) The PC board has good impact resistance, is not rotten, and is flame retardant. (5) Environmental protection plastic board with surface resistance value of 106-108n. It has anti-static function and impact resistance.

PS organic board, chemical name (polystyrene) English chemical name (PS).

The characteristics of plexiglass board: (1) It is a transparent plastic board, its transparency is high (can replace glass), the transparency can reach more than 89%. The hardness is average. (2) The gloss of the surface is average. (3) The processing performance is general, suitable for mechanical processing and easy to bend forming, not suitable for screen printing and laser engraving. At present, the material is widely used in advertising light boxes, advertising display and display supplies. But the effect is worse than acrylic. The most popular plastic plates on the market: plexiglass plates, PC, and PS. These types of plates are very similar. In comparison with the same color, it is basically impossible to recognize what those plates are. If consumers do not understand product knowledge, it will bring opportunities for sellers to deceive. Make the seller profitable. Assuming that these types of boards are all transparent and colorless at present, consumers can only recognize that they are colorless and transparent, but they cannot recognize those that are plexiglass (acrylic) and those that are PC endurance boards. It is because of this that some unscrupulous businessmen will cheat some customers, use PS board to act as plexiglass (acrylic), and use plexiglass to act as PC endurance board! Invisible businesses can seek greater benefits. In fact, this will bring serious recycling consequences to customers, because the processing performance of different raw materials is different.