Difference between revisions of "Perspex"

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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
[ICI, England] A trademark for transparent acrylic sheeting made from polymethyl methacrylate. The equivalent U.S. material is sold as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Plexiglas Plexiglas].
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[ICI, England] A trademark for transparent acrylic sheeting made from polymethyl methacrylate. The equivalent U.S. material is sold as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Plexiglas%C2%AE Plexiglas®].
  
 
== Other Properties ==
 
== Other Properties ==
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== Authority ==
 
== Authority ==
  
* G.S.Brady, G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 11
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* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 11
  
* Hermann Kuhn, Hermann Kuhn, ''Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities'', Butterworths, London, 1986
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* Hermann Kuhn, ''Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities'', Butterworths, London, 1986
  
* Marie Svoboda, Marie Svoboda, Conservation Survey Index, unpublished, 1997
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* Marie Svoboda, Conservation Survey Index, unpublished, 1997
  
 
* Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com  Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspex (Accessed Nov. 9, 2005)
 
* Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com  Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspex (Accessed Nov. 9, 2005)

Revision as of 06:32, 24 July 2013

Refraction in a Perspex block

Description

[ICI, England] A trademark for transparent acrylic sheeting made from polymethyl methacrylate. The equivalent U.S. material is sold as Plexiglas®.

Other Properties

Can be electrostatic. More easily scratched than glass.

Additional Information

Perspex: Product information

Authority

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 11
  • Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
  • Marie Svoboda, Conservation Survey Index, unpublished, 1997

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