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No longer a second-rate substitute for quality materials, a new generation of plastics is emerging as the building material of choice for many architects and designers.

Questions:

LU: 1

Q: 1. Which was the first wholly synthetic plastic?
a. celluloid
b. Bakelite
c. polycarbonate
d. Plexiglas

Q: 2. What was the building block of plastics during the 1920s and 1930s?
a. petroleum
b. plant cellulose
c. organic compounds
d. acrylic

Q: 3. Translucent walls are often made from which type of plastic?
a. polyurethane
b. melamine-formaldehyde
c. polycarbonate
d. polyethylene

Q: 4. Which type of plastic is the best candidate for recycling?
a. thermoset
b. polyvinyl chloride
c. thermoplastic
d. phenolic resins

Q: 5. Why do students in the graduate studio prefer to work with plastic rather
than glass?
a. plastics are cheaper to buy
b. plastics come in more colors
c. plastics are lighter weight
d. plastics are easier to cut and fit

Q: 6. What type of plastic would be used in curved sheets?
a. phenolic resins
b. polyester
c. acrylic
d. polyurethane

Q: 7. All of the processes that form plastics use which?
a. recycling
b. heat
c. glazing
d. spinning

Q: 8. How can clear polycarbonate be made translucent?
a. sanding it
b. heating it
c. adding milk to it
d. tripling the thickness

Q: 9. One of the advantages of translucent wall panels is which?
a. they are labor-intensive
b. they distribute light evenly
c. they reduce noise
d. they distribute heat evenly

Q: 10. Fiberglass is used because of which property?
a. it is rigid
b. it is normally translucent
c. it is clear, with no cloudy spots
d. it is versatile