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Description: PLEXIGLAS® XT extruded PMMA (Acrylic). Information provided by degussa.
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Advantages
- absolutely colorless and clear
- break-resistant to impact-resistant
- unequalled resistance to weathering and ageing
- very good surface
- brilliant, textured or satin
- more than 25 standard colors
- good resistance to dilute acids
- limited resistance to organic solvents
- good resistance to alkalis
- easy to work
- similar to hardwood
- easy to thermoform under optimal constant conditions
- easily bonded also with solvent adhesives (e.g. ACRIFIX® 116, 117)
- burns more or less like hardwood
- very little smoke generation
- impact strength and reduced rigidity
- UV absorbing
Other Applications
sheets
tubes
round rods
multi-skin sheets
corrugated sheets
mirror sheets1.5 to 25 mm solid sheet thickness
multi-skin sheets 16 mm and 32 mm thickstandard size up to 4050 x 2050 mm
Handling
max. service temperature approx. 70 °C
Technical data
| Quantity | Value | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processing Temperature | 140 - 150 | ºC | Forming Temperature |
| Processing Temperature | >70.0 | ºC | Reverse Forming Temperature |
| Appearance Properties | |||
| Refractive index | 1.491 | clear grade; ISO 489@Thickness 3.00 mm | |
| Physical Properties | |||
| Density | 1.19 | g/ml | ISO 1183 |
| Thermal Properties | |||
| U Value | 5.3 | W/m² | DIN 4701; for 5 mm |
| U Value | 5.8 | W/m² | DIN 4701; for 1 mm |
| U Value | 4.4 | W/m² | DIN 4701; for 10 mm |
| Vicat softening temperature | 97.0 | ºC | ISO 306, Method B 50 |
| Thermal Expansion | 110 | µm/m-°C | DIN 53752A@Temperature 0.000-50.0 °C;linear |
| Maximum Service Temperature | 65.0 | ºC | Permanent |
| Specific Heat Capacity | 1.47 | J/gºC | |
| Heat Deflection temperature | 90.0 | ºC | ISO 75;at 1.8 MPa |
| U Value | 5.6 | W/m² | DIN 4701; for 3 mm |
| Heat Deflection temperature | 93.0 | ºC | ISO 75;at 0.46 MPa |
| Mechanical Properties | |||
| Poisson's ratio | 0.43 | dilation speed of 5% per min; up to 2% dilation; ISO 527-1@Temperature 23.0 °C | |
| shear modulus | 629 | MPa | Calculated |
| Tensile modulus-MD | 1800 | MPa | Short Time Value; ISO 527-2/1B/1 |
| Elongation at break-MD | 25 | % | Nominal; ISO 527-2 1B/50 |
| Abrasion | 30 - 40 | % Haze, Abrasion resistance in Taber abrader test (100 rev.;5.4 N; CS-10F); ISO 9352 | |
| Charpy Impact Strength (notched) | 8.00 | kJ/m² | ISO 179/1eA |
| Ball indentation Hardness | 100 | MPa | H961/30; ISO 2039-1 |
| Flexural strength | 69.0 | MPa | 5 mm/min (80x10x4 mm); ISO 178 |
| Tensile Stress at break-MD | 40.0 | MPa | ISO 527-2/1B/5 |
| (Izod impact strength(notched | 6.50 | kJ/m² | ISO 180/1A |
| (Charpy Impact Strength(unnotched | kJ/m² | ISO 179/1fU | |
| Chemical Properties | |||
| Water absorption | 0.572 | % | 24 hrs, 23°C from dry state; ISO 62, Method 1 |
| Water absorption | 2.1 | % | Max. Weight Gain During Immersion; ISO 62, Method 1; at Saturation |
| Moisture Expansion | 0.80 | % | Possible Expansion due to heat and moisture |
| Optical Properties | |||
| Reflection Coefficient | 0.040 | Visible (0-1); clear grade, Reflection loss in the visible range (for each surface) @Thickness 3.00 mm | |
| Absorption in the Visible Range | <0.05 | % | clear grade, 3 mm |
| Transmittance | 91 | % | Visible; clear grade; DIN 5036, Part 3@Thickness 3.00 mm;visible |
| Transmittance | 85 | % | Total Energy Transmittance g; clear grade, 3 mm, DIN EN 410 |
| Transmittance | 0.00 | % | UV; clear grade@Thickness 3.00 mm |
| Electrical Properties | |||
| Volume resistance | >1.00e+14 | ohm-cm | DIN VDE 0303, Part 3 |
| Surface Resistance | >1.00e+14 | ohm | DIN VDE 0303, Part 3 |
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