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Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) is an Ceramic is a material that is neither metallic
impact-resistant engineering thermoplastic. It nor organic. It may be crystalline, glassy or

is an amorphous polymer. It is made of three both crystalline and glassy.

monomers: acrylonitrile, butadiene, and sty-

rene. It is a preferred choice for structural ap-
plications due to its physical properties.

ABS has a low melting point, which enables its They are valued for their hardness, strength,

easy use in the injection moulding process wear resistance, electrical and thermal insula-

and 3D printing. It also has high tensile tion, and chemical stability.
strength and is very resistant to physical

impacts and chemical corrosion,

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Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene is made by
emulsion, by polymerizing styrene and

acrylonitrile in the presence of polybutadiene.

This process produces a long chain of

polybutadiene that crisscrosses with shorter
chains of polystyrene-co-acrylonitrile, creating

strong bonds