Describe the structure and bonding of a thermosoftening polymer and explain why they melt when heated.

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Kathryn Macias

9 May, 06:32

Describe the structure and bonding of a thermosoftening polymer and explain why they melt when heated.

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Thermosoftening polymers. Thermosoftening polymers soften when heated and can be shaped when hot. The shape will harden when it is cooled, but can be reshaped when heated up again ... Its tangled polymer chains can uncoil and slide past each other, making it a flexible material.