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Plastic Man, ‘JLA’ Vol 1 #45

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PLASTIC MAN (PATRICK O’BRIAN)
NEW EARTH

In JLA (2000) #45, titled “Tower of Babel, Part 3: Protected by the Cold”, Plastic Man performs a durability feat. After Ra’s Al Ghul has used Batman‘s mad science to incapacitate the JLA, they recover. After the battle, Plastic Man’s frozen pieces thaw and Flash puts them back together.

How much durability does it take for Plastic Man to recover from being frozen?

IN THE ISSUE, PLASTIC MAN THAWS AND FLASH PUTS THE PIECES BACK TOGETHER AT SUPER-SPEED.

RELEVANTLY, IN THE 1990S, HDPE FAILED A WORLD RECORD OF STRESS-CRACKING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. TOO, PLASTIC MAN RETURNED TO ITS NATURAL STATE WHEN THAWED.

IMPORTANTLY, PLASTIC MAN GENERATED THE EQUIVALENT OF 17,010,000 JOULES OF LAT3NT HEAT OF FUSION TO MELT. SIMILARLY, THE FLASH FREEZING CAN CREATE A POWER OUTAGE IN 47 HOMES AND LIKELY DEPOWERED THE WATCHTOWER.

DURABILITY FEAT:

MULTI-CITY BLOCK LEVEL

Super Strength: Multi-City Block 25%

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Plastic Man thawed from being frozen then his pieces were put back together at super-speed.

Since the process of melting and heating is unknown, we will calculate the latent heat of fusion necessary to melt 81 kg body from frozen pieces.

NUMBER CRUNCHING

In the issue, we do not know how many pieces of Plastic Man were broken. But we know his total mass is 81 kg. Accoring to Disposable Design, HDPE has temperature ranges from -100 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit. We hypothesize Plastic Man’s malleability comes from a HDPE alloy.

Q = m * Lf = (81000 g * 210 J/g) = 17010000 J.


ENERGY PROJECTION

To sum, Plastic Man generated 17010000 J of latent heat of fusion. Moreover, Plastic Man had to generate a Multi-City Block level of Durability.

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SOURCES

JLA Vol 1 45 in DC Database.
Strikingly enhancing environmental stress crack resistance of HDPE via a small fraction of a PE-based covalent adaptable network in ScienceDirect.
Can You Freeze Plastic Containers? in DISPOSABLE DESIGN.
Thermal degradation of crosslinked high density polyethylene in ScienceDirect.

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