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Knowde-enriched technical product data sheet
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Polymer Name
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Properties
- Excellent sterilisability with all standard methods (superheated steam, gamma, E-beam, EtO)
- Very high stability, rigidity and toughness
- Very high thermal stability and heat deflection temperature
- Very high creep resistance
- Very high dimensional stability
- Very high radiation resistance
- Very high hydrolysis resistance
- Good wear properties
- Low water absorption
- Inert
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Plastics & Elastomers Processing Methods
- Applications
- Surgical instruments
- Dental instruments
- Connectors
- Bearing cages
- In vitro diagnostics
- Primary packaging in the pharmaceutical sector
Properties
- Flame Rating
- Physical Form
- Mechanical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Tensile Strength at Yield 115 MPa ISO 527 Elongation at Yield (S) 7 % ISO 527 Tensile Strength at Break 67 MPa ISO 527 Elongation at Break (R) 16 % ISO 527 Impact Strength (an) No break kJ/m2 ISO 179 Notch impact Strength (ak) 4 kJ/m2 ISO 179 Ball Indentation (Rockwell Hardness) 250 (M 99) MPa ISO 2039 Hardness 90 Shore D ISO 868 Flexural Strength (B 3,5 %) 170 MPa ISO 178 Modulus of elasticity (Et) 4210 MPa ISO 527 - Physical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Specific Gravity 1.32 - ISO 1183 Water Absorption 0.4 % ISO 62 Humidity Absorption 0.07 % ISO 62 Maximum Permissible Service Temperature 260 °C UL746B Lower Permissible Service Temperature -40 °C UL746B - Thermal Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Vicat Softening Point (VST/B/50) 250 °C ISO 306 Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT/B) 240 °C ISO 75 Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT/A) 158 °C ISO 75 Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion 0.47 K-1.10-4 ISO 11359 Thermal Conductivity (20°C) 0.25 W/(m.K) ISO 22007-4 Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) 143 °C ISO 3146 Melting Temperature (Tm) 340 °C ISO 3146 - Electrical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Volume Resistivity min. 10^13 Ω.cm IEC 60093 Surface Resistivity (Ro) min. 10^13 Ω IEC 60093 Dielectric Constant (1MHz) 3.2 - IEC 60250 Dielectric Loss Factor (1 MHz) 3 - IEC 60250 Dielectric Strength 16 kV/mm IEC 60243-1 Tracking Resistance CTI 125 V IEC 60112 - Additional Information
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Bondability Yes - - Physiological Indifference (EEC) Yes - - Physiological Indifference (FDA) Yes - - Flammability V-0 - UL 94 Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI, 9) 35 % ASTM D2863 UV Stabilisation (6, 9) Limited - -
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance