Question
What type of plastic are these made of and what do the sizes refer to?
Answer
These are made of polypropylene.The stopper sizes (e.g. 14.5/23) refer to the following: First number = widest part of stopper in mm (14.5mm in this example) NOT including the cap; Second number = the length of the stopper in mm (23mm in this example) NOT including the cap - i.e. if viewed from the side it is the length of the exposed part only of the central section.
They are best measured using vernier callipers.