Perspex

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®.

Physical and Chemical Properties

• Can be electrostatic.
• More easily scratched than glass.

Resources and Citations

• 3A Composites: Perspex

• 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• Marie Svoboda, Conservation Survey Index, unpublished, 1997

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspex (Accessed Nov. 9, 2005)