An extremely versatile material, diffuser acrylic sheet is often chosen for its durability, impact, strength, color and pattern possibilities. You’ll find that acrylic sheet is almost everywhere.
Even things you might not expect like the “glass” on your cellphone and your car windows may also be acrylic, chosen for high impact strength and low weight. And because a mirrored finish can be applied to acrylic sheet, it can even be used for your side view and rear view mirrors.
The acrylic sheet has astounding transparency, almost like glass as mentioned. If fluorescent lights light the room you’re in, the diffusing panel that hides the bulbs is probably made from acrylic. Because it can be formed to nearly any shape, acrylic is common in public places like stores and malls – the signs you read, point-of-purchase displays that grab your attention and the jewelry cases that protect watches and rings are all made using acrylic.
There is no plastics with greater light transmission, which even allow more light to pass through than glass. Since it also has numerous advantages over glass it is in many cases only the glass robustness against scratches, which saves it from being replaced with acrylic. Eg. the windscreen in a car is a very expensive product that, if replaced with acrylic, can be manufactured at a fraction of the price. It would just soon be scratched by the wipers. In the section “Acrylic versus glass” comparable properties of acrylic and glass are listed.