Not quite metal

摘要

While metal usually absorbs heat,reflects radiation and has gravity that can be indispensable in some applications,producing metal parts is often quite time consuming and costly,especially in complicated shapes.Increasingly,designers are turning to plastics for design flexibility,manufacturing ease and cost benefits.But now Clariant Speciality Compounding's offering of its so-called heavyweight compounds,the company says designers can get the"best of both worlds".