Acronym and details: ABS
Group: thermoplastic
Developed: from 1948
Trade names: Cycolac
Manufacturing process: injection moulding; extrusion (sheet); thermoforming
Cost: low
Colour: any
Transparency: almost always opaque
Rigidity: rigid
Feel: hard
Smell: none
Other: glossy
Typical uses: domestic appliance and computer housings; Lego
Degradation: relatively stable but has tendency to yellow