What Is Perspex?

Perspex is a name that is used for trade. This name is used for the clear, less weighted, hard, think plastic. It is just like a transparent, the mirror and there is no scratches effect on it. It is also too much light weighted so that it is easy to move from one place to another place. It is unbreakable as compare to normal glass. Perspex was first time introduced in 1930.There are many usage of Perspex.
It is widely used in the glasses of watches. Perspex does not get scratch on them and it is unbreakable mirror.
• It is used as an advertising sign.
• Widely use of Perspex is in the domestic baths.
• It is also used in motorboat wind screens.
• Air craft companies have great used of Perspex
• Perspex chemical name is polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA).When it is built it is assigned with other names like Plexiglas, Lucite and Oroglas. These names are varying according to country wise like it is called Rhoplex in USA.

This is a thermoplastic widely used for making unbreakable watch glass.It was first produced in 1930. Its common use is in the form of contact lenses for those people who want to get rid of glasses.It is the most common and reliable alternative to glass. Perspex is too hard and too tough to shatter. But there are other uses of Perspex also beside personal uses. It is also used for making dentures and artificial eyes. Because of having a good degree of compatibility with human tissues it is used for manufacturing lenses and artificial eyes. Being hard and transparent, Perspex has many industrial uses also such as safety goggles, machine safety guards etc.

Perspex is widely used because of its unique property that it can be moulded into any shape. Unlike other plastics, Perspex is made directly into sheets during manufacturing. Its specific name of PMMA plastic is used in making plastic bags, squeeze detergent bottles, washing up bounds, etc.

It is also used in film form for packing because it is cheap, transparent, tough, and flexible. It is also manufactured under different names in different places like Rhoplex in USA and Oroglas in Europe.