This document discusses the past, present, and future of plastics. It outlines the history of plastics from the first plastic invented in 1862 to modern polymers and applications. Currently, plastics are widely used in products like cars, medical devices, electronics, and more. The future of plastics may include 3D printing of body parts, bacteria-resistant varieties, and use in OLED displays. Plastics have become an important part of modern life due to their versatility, durability and low cost.

1. PAST, PRESENT &
FUTURE OF
PLASTICS
-Presented by
P. Deepak Kumar

2. CONTENTS
• What is Plastic?
• Why Plastic?
• History of Plastic
• Present Scenario of Plastic
• Future Scenario of Plastic
• References

3. What is Plastic?
• Any formless material that can be molded
or modeled under heat or pressure.

4. Why Plastic?
• Economic
• More durable
• Good elastic strength
• Easy to molded

5. History of Plastic
• In 1862,
Alexander Parkes
made first plastic
“Parkesine” from
cellulose.
• Buttons, comb,
pen

6. • In 1868, John Wesley
Hyatt blended
nitrocellulose with
camphor and formed
“Pyroxylin”.
• Used as Billiard balls,
Shirt collars, eyeglass
frames and pen
housings.

7. • In 1872, Eugen Baumann created
“Polyvinyl Chloride”.
• Waldo L. Semon, showed the use of PVC

8. • In 1909, Dr. Leo
Baekeland invented
“Bakelite”.
• Phenol-formaldehyde
resins were called
Bakelite.
• First totally synthetic
plastic (1907)
• Replaced rubber for
insulation in electrics

9. • In 1920, German Hermann Staudinger
published his theories on “poly addition”.
• Nine year later published the
polymerization of polystyrene.

10. • 1930’s research on
polymer chains at
DuPont Chemical
Department
• Published theory of
poly-condensation
• Invented Neoprene
and Nylon

12. Present Scenario Of Plastic
• Plastic used as “artificial hip”.
• The plastic liner is made from Ultra High
Molecular Weight Polyethylene and acts
like a bearing.
• The UHMWPE is extremely tough,
abrasion resistant and has a very low
coefficient of friction.

14. • Fire safety
equipment's.
• Helmet is made of
“polyetherimide”.
• Micro plastic
medical parts.

15. • Automobile exterior body panel. Example
Saturn by General Motors.
• Telephone wires
• Cell phone bodies

16. • The new materials science field known as
“nanoscience”.

17. • Products like:
• Nylon (Ropes, tent and parachute straps,
belts, etc.)
• Teflon (Polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE),First used for artillery shell covers)

18. Future Scenario Of Plastic
• 3-D Body Part Printing: Researchers are
using a layered assembly manufacturing
technique—called "3-D printing"—to
create medical devices and implants using
plastics.

19. • Bacteria-Resistant Plastics: These plastics
have "non-stick" surfaces that bacteria
aren't attracted to, which could help
prevent contamination from bacteria
"biofilms."

20. • OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes)
are used for the illumination of mobile
phone, PDA and e-book reader displays –
with polymers as the source of
illumination.

21. References
• inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpla
stic.htm
• http://blog.eun.org/futurenergia/2011/03/w
hat_is_the_future_of_plastics.html
• www.lle.mdx.ac.uk/site/docs/dt/Historyofpl
astics.html
• www.americanplasticscouncil.org/benefits/
about_plastics/history.html

22. Thank You for Attention