Vestamid® LX9012 Nylon 12

Technical Documents

VESTAMID® LX9012 has especially been developed for the extrusion and co-extrusion of ski upper and decorative films.

Details Compound

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Supplier
Advantages
  • high transparency
  • good screen and sublimation printing
  • outstanding scratch resistance
  • excellent impact strength at low temperature
  • absorb only quantities of water
Other Applications

ski upper and decorative films
decoration on the bottom side of injection molded sports shoe soles

Technical data

Quantity Value Unit Comment
Physical Properties
Density 1.01 g/ml ISO 1183
Shrinkage 1.0 % ISO 294-4,2577; parallel
Shrinkage 1.4 % ISO 294-4,2577; normal
Thermal Properties
Vicat softening temperature 130 ºC 50°C/hr/50 N; ISO 306
Melting point 176 ºC 10°C/min; ISO 11357-1/-3
Heat Deflection temperature 45 ºC ISO 75-1/-2;at 1.8 MPa
Heat Deflection temperature 120 ºC ISO 75-1/-2;at 0.45 MPa
Dry Time 480 - 960 min
Flameability IEC 60695-11-10@Thickness 3.2 mm
Flameability IEC 60695-11-10@Thickness 1.60 mm
Mechanical Properties
(Charpy Impact Strength(unnotched kJ/m² ISO 179/1eU@Temperature 23.0 °C
Charpy Impact Strength (notched) 19 kJ/m² ISO 179/1eA@Temperature 23.0 °C
Tensile modulus-MD 1100 MPa ISO 527-1/-2
(Charpy Impact Strength(unnotched kJ/m² ISO 179/1eU@Temperature -30.0 °C
Elongation at yield 5 % ISO 527-1/-2
Yield Stress -MD 37 MPa ISO 527-1/-2
Strain at break-MD >50 % ISO 527-1/-2
Charpy Impact Strength (notched) 15 kJ/m² ISO 179/1eA@Temperature -30.0 °C
Chemical Properties
Moisture absorption 0.8 % Sim. to ISO 62
Water absorption 1.5 % Sim. to ISO 62
Electrical Properties
Volume resistance 1.00e+12 ohm-cm IEC 60093
Dissipation Factor 0.053 IEC 60250 @100 Hz
Relative permittivity 3.8 IEC 60250 @100 Hz
Dissipation Factor 0.028 IEC 60250 @ 1 MHz
Dielectric Strength 36 Kv/mm IEC 60243-1
Relative permittivity 3.0 IEC 60250 @ 1 MHz
Process Properties
Drying Temperature 80 ºC
Mold Temperature 80 ºC Injection molding