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Description: ROHACELL® is produced by thermal expansion of a co-polymer sheet of methacrylic acid and methacrylonitrile. During the foaming process the copolymer sheet is converted to PMI- PolyMethacrylImide. Alcohol is used as a blowing agent,thus ROHACELL® contains no fluorinated carbon hydrates and is halogen free. Information provided by degussa.
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Advantages
- very homogeneous cell structure
- isotropic properties
- closed-cell rigid foam plastic based on PMI (polymethacrylimide)
- does not contain any CFCs
- Curing temperature up to 130C (266F)
- Curing pressure up to 0.2 MPa (30 psi)
- easy to shape
- Thermoformability
- Sandwich components using ROHACELL® FX as a core material can be realized in a single work step (=cocuring). Other commonly used techniques such as SCRIMP are applicable.
Other Applications
The fields of application for ROHACELL® FX are the construction of wind turbine blades and railcar structures.
Technical data
| Quantity | Value | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Properties | |||
| Density | 0.0750 | g/ml | DIN 53420, ISO 845, ASTM D 1622 |
| Thermal Properties | |||
| Maximum Service Temperature | 180 | ºC | Heat Distortion Resistance; DIN 53424; Air |
| Mechanical Properties | |||
| shear strength | 0.700 | MPa | DIN 53294, ASTM C 273 |
| Poisson's ratio | 0.25 | Calculated | |
| shear modulus | 26 | MPa | DIN 53294, ASTM C 273 |
| Tensile Stress at break-MD | 1.50 | MPa | DIN 53455, ISO 527-2, ASTM D 638 |
| Tensile modulus-MD | 65 | MPa | ISO 527-2, ASTM D 638 |
| Elongation at break-MD | 9.0 | % | DIN 53455, ISO 527-2, ASTM D 638 |
| Compressive Strength | 0.800 | MPa | DIN 53421, ISO 844, ASTM D 1621 |