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PALRAM PALSUN® Family of Products Physical Properties

Notes The table depicting the typical properties of PALSUN sheets appears below. Note that some of the displayed properties are typical to PALSUN Family polycarbonate the material PALSUN is made of while others relate to a typical 3 mm 18 in. thick PALSUN sheet. of Products Conditions units and values in U.S. Customary units are presented in the table within parentheses. All the results depicted in this table were obtained by following the indicated ASTM method except where another method is indicated by the appearance of this symbol b. Material Polycarbonate Sheet Updated 4232013 SCS Property Conditions U.S. Customary ASTM Method Units - SI U.S. Customary Value U.S. Customary 3 Physical 3 D-1505 gcm lbft 1.2 75 24 hr. 23C D-570 0.15 Tensile strength at yield 10 mmmin 0.4 in.min D-638 MPa psi 62 9000 Tensile strength at break 10 mmmin 0.4 in.min D-638 MPa psi 65 9500 Elongation at yield 10 mmmin 0.4 in.min D-638 6 Elongation at break 10 mmmin 0.4 in.min D-638 110 Density Water Absorption Mechanical Tensile Modulus of Elasticity 10 mmmin 0.4 in. min D-638 MPa psi 2378 345000 Flexural Modulus 1.3 mmmin 0.05 in.min D-790 MPa psi 2378 345000 Flexural Strength at Yield 1.3 mmmin 0.05 in.min D-790 MPa psi 93 13500 Notch Impact Strength Izod 23C 73F D-256 Jm ftlbfin. 800 15 Notch Impact Strength Charpy 23C 73F D-256 Jm ftlbfin 800 15 3 mm 0.12 in. Sheet ISO-66031b J ftlbf 158 117 D-785 R scale M scale 125 70 D-695 MPa psi 86 12500 2378 345000 Impact Falling Weight Rockwell Hardness Compressive Strength 1.3 mmmin .05 in.min Compressive Modulus 1.3 mmmin .05 in.min D-695 MPa psi Shear strength at Yield 1.3 mmmin .05 in.min D-732 MPa psi 41 6000 Shear strength at Break 1.3 mmmin .05 in.min D-732 MPa psi 68 10000 Shear Modulus 1.3 mmmin .05 in.min D-732 MPa psi 786 114000 Long Term Service Temperature C F -75 to 100 -175 to 212 Short Term Service Temperature C F -75 to 120 -175 to 250 Thermal Heat Deflection Temperature Load 1.82 Mpa 264 psi D-648 C F 132 270 Vicat Sof

tening Temperature Load 1 kg 2.2 lb D-1525 C F 150 300 D-696 10-5C 10-5F Thermal Conductivity C-177 2 WmK Btu-in.hr-ft -F 0.21 1.46 Specific Heat Capacity C-351 kJkgK BtulbF 1.26 0.31 D-1003 0.5 D-1003 89 Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion 6.5 3.6 Optical Haze Light Transmission 3 mm 0.12 in. Clear Sheet 3 mm 0.12 in. Clear Sheet Refractive Index Clear Sheet D-542 1.59 Yellowness Index 3 mm 0.12 in. Clear Sheet D-1925 1 Electrical Dielectric Constant 50 Hz D-150 3 1 MHz D-150 2.9 0.9 50 Hz D-150 1 MHz D-150 Dielectric Strength Short Time 500 Vs D-149 Surface Resistance Ketley D-257 Ohm 5.1x10 Volume Resistance Ketley D-257 Ohm-cm 1.3x10 Dissipation Factor 11 kVmm Vmil 30 770 15 17