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FEP; CAS Registry Number: 25067-11-2 Density [1] 2150 kg/m 3: Flexural modulus(E) 586 M Pa: Tensile strength(t) 23 M Pa: Elongation @ break 325% Folding endurance Varies Notch test Melting point: 260 °C Maximum operating temperature 204 °C Water absorption (ASTM) <0.01 % after 24 hours Dielectric constant (Dk) at 1M Hz: 2.1 Dissipation factor
PTFE is a thermoplastic polymer, which is a white solid at room temperature, with a density of about 2200 kg/m 3 and a melting point of 600 K (327 °C; 620 °F). [27] It maintains high strength, toughness and self-lubrication at low temperatures down to 5 K (−268.2 °C; −450.7 °F), and good flexibility at temperatures above 194 K (−79.15 ...
PFA offers high melt strength, stability at high processing temperatures, excellent crack and stress resistance and a low coefficient of friction. [1] Similarly enhanced processing properties are found in fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), the copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene . [ 5 ]
Tests showed the substance was resistant to corrosion from most acids, bases and solvents and had better high temperature stability than any other plastic. By early 1941, a crash program was making substantial quantities of PTFE for the Manhattan Project. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) is a fluorine-based plastic. It was designed to have high corrosion resistance and strength over a wide temperature range. ETFE is a polymer and its source-based name is poly (ethene-co-tetrafluoroethene). It is also known under the DuPont brand name Tefzel and is sometimes referred to as 'Teflon Film'. ETFE ...
[58] [59] Melting points are around 1000 °C. [60] Titanium and tin tetrafluorides are polymeric, with melting points below 400 °C. (In contrast, their tetrachlorides are molecular and liquids at room temperature.) Vanadium tetrafluoride has a similar structure to tin's [61] and disproportionates at 100–120 °C to the trifluoride and the ...
Plasticware: Eberhard says anything made of plastic should only go on the top rack. “Temperatures typically remain cooler on the top rack, which will prevent plastic from melting,” she explains.
In polymers, such as plastics, thermal degradation refers to a type of polymer degradation where damaging chemical changes take place at elevated temperatures, without the simultaneous involvement of other compounds such as oxygen. [1] [2] Simply put, even in the absence of air, polymers will begin to degrade if heated high enough. It is ...