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The manufacture of plastic products by appropriate operations. This includes plastics formed into molded parts, rods, tubes, sheeting, extrusion and other forms by methods including punching, cutting, drilling, tapping, fastening or by using other mechanical devices....

The process of forming a continuous piece of plastic by forcing it through a shaping orifice with or without the presence of heat....

A material added to a plastic compound used to reduce the amount of resin required per unit value....

The increase in distance between two gauge marks at a yield point divided by the original distance between the marks. A zero value indicates that it measured less than one....

The increase in distance between two gauge marks at the break point divided by the original distance between the marks. A zero value in the field indicates that it measured less than one....

The ratio of the power dissipated in watts in an insulating material to the product of the effective voltage and the current. Measured at a frequency of 106 cycles per second....

The voltage that an insulating material can withstand before dielectric breakdown occurs....

The ratio of the capacity of a condenser made with a particular dielectric material to the capacity of the same condenser with air as the dielectric. Measured at a frequency of 106 cycles per second....