{"term":{"id":"13915","title":"plastic","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - plastic","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.13915","code":"13915","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Generic term used in the case of polymeric material that may contain other substances to improve performance and\/or reduce costs.","notes":{"1":"The use of this term instead of polymer is a source of confusion and thus is not recommended.","2":"This term is used in polymer engineering for materials often compounded that can be processed by flow."},"sources":["PAC, 2012, 84, 377. 'Terminology for biorelated polymers and applications (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 394 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/PAC-REC-10-12-04)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13915\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13915\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13915\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'plastic' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.13915","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-06-04T20:16:22+00:00"}}