PLA
A thermoplastic polyester derived from the polymerisation of lactic acid, typically from renewable plant starch feedstocks.
Also called Polylactic acid, Polylactide, Poly(lactic acid).
How it connects
PLA is a kind of Polyester.
Other kinds of Polyester: PBT, PET, Polyester resin and PTT.
In other taxonomies
- polylactideEU 1007/2011, polylactidetheirs is narrower
- PLAFTC 16 CFR 303, PLAtheirs is narrower
- poly(lactic acid)ISO 1043-1, PLAthe same thing
- polylactic acidWikidata, Q413769nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Record
- Also called
- Polylactic acid · Polylactide · Poly(lactic acid)
- Broader
- Polyester
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ISO 1043-1:2011+Amd 1:2016, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/plaKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderPolyesteroutgoing
- narrowerPolyesterincoming
Derived hierarchy views
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU 1007/2011 | polylactide | polylactide | theirs is narrower |
| FTC 16 CFR 303 | PLA | PLA | theirs is narrower |
| ISO 1043-1 | PLA | poly(lactic acid) | the same thing |
| Wikidata | Q413769 | polylactic acid | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026PLA | Polylactic acid | Polylactide | Poly(lactic acid) | pla via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |