thermosetting (redirected from Thermosets)

ther·mo·set·ting  (thûrm-stng)

adj.

Permanently hardening or solidifying on being heated. Used of certain synthetic resins.

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thermosetting

Adjective

(of a material, esp. a synthetic plastic) hardening permanently after one application of heat and pressure

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thermosetting  (thûrm-stng)

Relating to a compound that softens when initially heated, but hardens permanently once it has cooled. Thermosetting materials are made of long-chain polymers that cross-link with each other after they have been heated, rendering the substance permanently hard. Compare thermoplastic.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

thermosetting - having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured; "the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials" thermoset thermoplastic - having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled; "thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical change"