PROPERTIES OF HDPE - HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
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High Density Polyethylene (HDPE). HDPE is used to make
bottles for fruit juice, milk, water, kitchen cleansing products and even
furniture. It has been used in recent years for garden furniture as it
resists the weather and can be cleaned very easily. It is lightweight
which means furniture made from this material can be handled and
transported very easily. It is an ideal material for the injection
moulding process making it suitable for batch and continuous production.
It has the following properties: The recycling symbol for this plastic is seen opposite. |
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Look at the HDPE folding chair seen on the previous page. Why is High Density Polyethylene suitable for the manufacture of outdoor furniture? Write a sentence using each of the keywords listed above. |
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List reasons why some people consider high density polyethylene as an unsuitable choice for the manufacture of outdoor furniture. | ||
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