What material is the custom umbrella handle ABS

Umbrella customization, umbrella handle are often seen in the configuration of ABS material, many people do not know what ABS is, so what is ABS plastic in the end? Let's learn together to understand it.

    Introduction of ABS plastic

    ABS is acrylonitrile Acrylonitrile (23 ~ 41%), butadiene Butadiene (10 ~ 30%) and styrene Styrene (29 ~ 60%) three monomer copolymerization of polymer, the English name for Acrylonitrile-Butadiene - Styrene, referred to as ABS.

    ABS is manufactured by two methods: blending and grafting. Blending ABS was first developed by the American Rubber Company in 1945, while grafting ABS was first synthesised by the American Marbon Company in 1954. There are four types of synthetic ABS: medium impact, high impact, super high impact and heat resistant.

    The general ratio of the three monomers in ABS copolymers is 20:30:50. By changing the ratio of the three, the polymerisation method and the size of the particles, a range of ABS varieties with different impact strength and flow characteristics can be produced. For example, increasing the content of the butadiene component will increase the impact strength of ABS, but the hardness and fluidity will be reduced, and the strength and heat resistance will deteriorate. If the butadiene content of ABS reaches 50% or more, it is known as a high gum powder and is commonly used for toughening modifications of ABS and PC/ABS.

    ABS was originally developed on the basis of PS modification and has become a separate plastic species from PS due to its unique advantages of being tough, rigid and hard, its dosage is comparable to PS and its range of applications has far exceeded that of PS. In the early days ABS was classified as an engineering plastic, but with its rapid development, production quickly approached that of its parent PS, so from 2000 it was classified as a general purpose plastic and became the fifth largest general purpose plastic species.