Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins (ABS) are the largest-volume engineering thermoplastic resin. It acts as a bridge between commodity plastics like polystyrene and higher-performance engineering thermoplastics like polycarbonate.
ABS is derived from acrylonitrile, butadiene, and styrene and carbon. Acrylonitrile is a synthetic monomer produced from propylene and ammonia; butadiene is a petroleum hydrocarbon obtained from the C4 fraction of steam cracking; styrene monomer is made by dehydrogenation of ethyl benzene — a hydrocarbon obtained in the reaction of ethylene and benzene.
|
