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What is thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic?

Some plastics can bend easily while some break when forced to bend. When we add hot water to a plastic bottle, it gets deformed. Such plastic which gets deformed easily on heating and can be bent is known as thermoplastic.
On the other hand, there are some plastics which when moulded , cannot be softened by heating. These are called thermosetting plastics 

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