Materials for Design

PC (Polycarbonate)

There are many materials with high transparency, but combine this quality with toughness, and the most widely available and suitable plastic is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate is popular as the plastic alternative to glass in applications as varied as glazing and drinking vessels. The drinks industry has, for some time, looked to PC as the material to replace traditional glassware for various public drinking venues, where crimes committed with broken glass are an increasing safety problem. It is one of the toughest thermoplastics and this toughness is combined with excellent clarity and to some degree scratch resistance. Although anybody who has ever put one of these glasses in a dishwasher will tell you that it won’t take long ...