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Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Polymer Name
- Plastics & Elastomers Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Benefits
- High Resistance to Heat
- Excellent Chemical Resistance
- Low Smoke and Flame Characteristics. Fluon® PFA is rated 94V-0 by
- Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
- Outstanding Resistance to Weather and Aging
- Excellent Dielectric Properties
- Non-Stick Characteristics
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Plastics & Elastomers Processing Methods
- Applications
- Tubing and Pipe
- Film and Sheets
- Valves, Fittings, and Housings
- Wire and Cable
- Extrusion, transfer, compression, and injection molding; Best resistance to stress cracking
Properties
- Flame Rating
- Physical Form
- Typical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions CLTE (0 – 100ºC) 7.2 x 10⁻⁵ in/in/ºF D-696 Dielectric Constant (at 1mHz, 23°C) 2.07 - D-150 Dielectric Strength (at 10 mil film) 1900 volts/mil D-149 Flame Rating V-0 - UL-94 Flexural Modulus (at 23°C) 87000 psi D-790 Hardness 60 Shore D D-2240 Heat Deflection Temperature (at 264 psi) 56 ºC D-648 Heat Deflection Temperature (at 66 psi) 91 ºC D-648 Heat of Combustion 2200 BTU/lb D-240 Melt Flow Rate 2 grams/10 minutes D-3159 Melting Point 310 ºC D-3159 MIT Flex Life 500000 Cycles D-2176 Notched Izod Impact (at 23ºC) No Break ft-lb/in C-256 Oxygen Index min. 95 % D-2863 Specific Gravity 2.14 - D-792 Specific Heat 0.25 cal/g-ºC - Tensile Elongation (at 23ºC) 340 % D-638 Tensile Elongation (at 250ºC) 740 % D-638 Tensile Strength (at 23°C) 5655 psi D-638 Tensile Strength (at 250ºC) 2000 psi D-638 Upper Service Temperature 260 ºC UL-746 Volume Resistivity min. 1018 Ω-cm D-257 Water Absorption (at 24 hours) max. 0.03 % D-570 - ASTM Classifications
Fluon PFA grade P-63P is classified as ASTM D-3307 Type I; grade P-66P is classified as ASTM D-3307 Type II; and grade P-65P is classified as ASTM D-3307 Type III. Your AGC Chemicals Americas representative can advise you of the ASTM classifications of the other PFA materials.
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
Technical Details & Test Data
- Processing
- Fluon PFA fluoropolymer resins can be processed by conventional melt-processable resin techniques including extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, compression molding, transfer molding, and rotolining/rotomolding. It is strongly recommended that process equipment exposed to molten resin be made of corrosion-resistant metals such as Monel®, Inconel®, or Hastelloy®.
- Extruder barrels should be long relative to diameter (24/1 up to 30/1 and beyond) and heaters should have the capacity to heat material to approximately 390ºC. Temperature controllers should be of the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) type to insure precise temperature control. Extruder screws with 3/1 compression ratio, a relatively long feed zone, and ½ to 3 turn transition zone are recommended. Reciprocating screw injection molding machines are preferred.
- Your AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. technical service representative can provide specific recommendations for process equipment and process conditions.
Storage & Handling
- Handling Precautions
- Heating Fluon® and Fluon+™ products in excess of 750°F (399°C) can produce toxic fumes. It is, therefore, necessary to provide local exhaust ventilation in areas where Fluon® products are exposed to high temperatures. Avoid breathing fumes or contaminating smoking tobacco with fumes, powder, or dust.
- Thermal decomposition of this product will generate hydrogen fluoride, which is corrosive. Corrosion resistance materials are required for prolonged contact with molten resin.
- For additional information and handling instructions read AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. Material Safety Data Sheet. It is also recommended that the user consult the latest edition of the “Guide to the Safe Handling of Fluoropolymer Resins” published by the Fluoropolymers Division of the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) for important handling and ventilation recommendations. Both publications are available from your AGC Chemicals Americas representative.
- Freight Classification
Fluon PFA when shipped by rail or express is classified “Plastics, Synthetic, O.T.L., NOIBN.” Resin shipped by truck is classified “Plastics, Materials O.T.F.C.E. or S. Granules.”