TPU
A thermoplastic elastomer built from alternating hard and soft polyurethane segments, processable by conventional thermoplastic methods.
Also called Thermoplastic polyurethane.
How it connects
TPU is a kind of Polyurethane.
Other kinds of Polyurethane: Elastane.
In other taxonomies
- thermoplastic polyurethaneWikidata, Q7783228nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
TPU
2 terms, Elastane to TPU
Record
- Also called
- Thermoplastic polyurethane
- Broader
- Polyurethane
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ISO 18064:2022, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/tpuKnowledge 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
- narrowerPolyurethaneincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderPolyurethaneoutgoing
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Polyurethaneoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Polymeroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Elastaneoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidata | Q7783228 | thermoplastic polyurethane | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026TPU | Thermoplastic polyurethane | tpu via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |