engineering plastics

engineering plastics

[‚en·jə′nir·iŋ ′plas·tiks] (organic chemistry) A class of polymers, based on aromatic backbones, having high strength, stiffness, and toughness together with high thermal and oxidative stability, low creep, and the ability to be processed by standard techniques for thermoplastics; examples include polyacetal, polyamide, polycarbonate, and polysulfone resins.