Assertion: polymer | /r/HasProperty | plastic
Facets:
value: commonly
type: TEMPORAL
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), sometimes referred to as thermoplastic rubbers, are a class of copolymers or a physical mix of polymers (usually a plastic and a rubber) that consist of materials with both thermoplastic and elastomeric properties.
text: Polymers are also known as plastics.
text: Some consumer products are made polymers, commonly called plastics.
text: The difference between polymer and plastic is complicated as all plastics are polymers but not all polymers are plastic.
text: Polymer isn’t just “plastic”.
text: All plastics are polymers but not all polymers are plastic.
text: The first self-healing materials were polymers (plastics made from long, repeating molecules) with a kind of embedded internal adhesive, reported in 2001 by Scott White, Nancy Sottos, and colleagues from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
text: Coatings and adhesives are generally derived from polymers that are considered to be plastics, although there are major groups that do not.
text: These chains are called polymers, also known generically as plastics.