What is the differance between Thermoplastic Polymers and Thermosetting Polymers?

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What is the differance between Thermoplastic Polymers and Thermosetting Polymers?

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Thermoplastic polymers: These are polymers that are not linked to the other polymer chain. There are weak intermolecular forces present between the two polymer chain, e.g.; a bowl filled with the noodles, in which each noodle is not linked with the other noodles but it entangled to another noodle. When such types of polymers are heated they become softened and on cooling again become hard. Example: Polystyrene, polytetrafluoroethane.

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