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Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Polymer Name
- Plastics & Elastomers Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Product Properties
- Excellent mechanical properties
- Extremely high weathering resistance and UV stability
- High thermal resistance
- Very good electrical strength
- Low friction behavior
- Flame retardant
- Excellent chemical resistance
- Very low surface energy
- Excellent dielectric properties
- Very low surface roughness
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Typical Application
Fluteck™ F100 PFA is specifically suitable for high service temperature and has virtually universal chemical resistance. It combines exceptional value with high performance properties. Fluteck™ F100 PFAcan be used in several applications as tubing, tank linings, tower packing, fittings and valve linings, films, high purity, heat tracing wiring, avionics and specialty cables. The excellent resistance against aggressive environments and against thermal stress cracking makes fluteck™ F100 PFAparticularly suitable for pipes and tubes in the field of transportation of chemicals and in the oil industry. In the electrical industry, fluteck™ F100 PFA products are used as primary insulation for high temperature hook-up wires. Thanks to their good dielectric properties, it is suitable for applications where low dissipations are required at very high frequencies.These outstanding properties allow the application of fluteck™ F100 PFA several fields such as Chemical, Electrical and Electronic, Petrochemical, Automotive, Mechanical, Medical, Aeronautics, Semiconductor and Food industry.
Properties
- Physical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Specific Gravity 2.13 - 2.17 g/cm³ ASTM D 792 Water Absorption (24 Hours) max. 0.03 % ASTM D 570 Mold Shrinkage (Along the Flow) 45 % ASTM D 955 - Mechanical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Elongation at Break (23°C) 2250 % ASTM D 638 Tensile Strength (23°C) 223 MPa ASTM D 638 Tensile Modulus (23°C) 500 - 600 MPa ASTM D 638 Hardness 50 - 65 Shore D ASTM D 2240 - Thermal Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Peak Melting Temperature 300 - 310 °C ASTM D3418 Specific Heat Capacity (23°C) 0.9 - 1.1 kJ kg⁻¹ °C⁻¹ DSC Thermal Conductivity (23°C) 0.2 W/mK ASTM E1530 Continuous Use Temeprature 260 °C - Oxygen Index (LOI) 95 % ASTM D2863 Flammability V - 0 - UL94 - Electrical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Dielectic Strength (1 mm Thick) 35 - 40 kV/mm ASTM D149 Surface Resistivity 10 Ohm ASTM D257 Volume Resistivity 10¹¹ Ohm-cm ASTM D257 Arc Resistance min. 200 s ASTM D495
Technical Details & Test Data
- Typical properties
Fluteck™ F100 PFA is a fully fluorinated polymer preferred for parts and components requiring very good mechanical properties. Fluteck™ F100 offers an excellent combination of properties typical of the fluoropolymer resins:
- Service Temperature: Fluteck™ F100 offers excellent resistance to continuous service temperatures-working conditions from -100°C up to 250°C and, for limited periods, even to higher temperatures; Product’s low temperature resistance allows satisfactory performance down to -200°C .
- Chemical resistance : Fluteck™F100 offers high inertness towards nearly all known chemicals. Only attacked elemental alkali metals, chlorine trifluoride and elemental fluorine at high temperature and pressures might affect properties.
- Solvents resistance : Fluteck™ F100 offers insoluble properties in all solvents up to temperatures as high as 300°C. Certain highly fluorinated oils only swell and dissolve PFA at temperatures close to the crystalline melting point
Storage & Handling
- Storage & Handling
Fluteck™ F100 PFA can be stored for a long period of life and is exceptionally resistant to aging and weather conditions up to 20 years. Specific aging tests carried out on sample exposed to aging and atmospheric conditions, showed no changes in weight and volume. In case of semi-finished products, before processing or before the machining, it is advisable to store the material for 24 hours in the production area, preferable in a clean and dry place at a temperature of less 25°C, preferably between 21 - 25°C. This is very important when room temperature is low; in such cases the material should be conditioned up to 72 hours in the production area in the recommended temperature range.