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Rulon Bearings

Ineos Styrenics Avantra® 8550 Polystyrene (Discontinued)  (discontinued **)
Categories: Polymer; Thermoplastic; Polystyrene (PS); Polystyrene, Flame Retardant

Material Notes: Ignition resistant grade of high impact polystyrene. It is free of polybrominated diphenylethers and meets UL94V-0 (@ 0.062"/1.6 mm min.) / 5VA (@ 0.125"/3.2 mm) ratings. It gives exceptional moldability while maintaining good mechanical and heat resistance properties.

Information provided by BASF.


Ineos Styrenics purchased this product line from BASF in 2005.

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Physical PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Density 1.16 g/cc0.0419 lb/in³
Moisture Absorption at Equilibrium <= 0.10 %<= 0.10 %
Water Absorption at Saturation <= 0.15 %<= 0.15 %
Linear Mold Shrinkage 0.0030 - 0.0060 cm/cm0.0030 - 0.0060 in/inASTM D955
Melt Flow 15 g/10 min
@Load 5.00 kg,
Temperature 200 °C
15 g/10 min
@Load 11.0 lb,
Temperature 392 °F
 
Mechanical PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Tensile Strength, Ultimate 23.0 MPa3340 psi
Tensile Strength, Yield 23.0 MPa3340 psi
Elongation at Break 30 %30 %
Tensile Modulus 1.65 GPa239 ksi
Flexural Modulus 1.93 GPa280 ksi
Izod Impact, Notched 1.07 J/cm2.00 ft-lb/inASTM D256A
Gardner Impact 6.00 J
@Thickness 3.17 mm
4.43 ft-lb
@Thickness 0.125 in
 
Thermal PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Deflection Temperature at 1.8 MPa (264 psi) 76.0 °C169 °F
Vicat Softening Point 98.0 °C208 °F
Flammability, UL94 V-0
@Thickness 1.50 mm
V-0
@Thickness 0.0591 in
 
Processing PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Processing Temperature 200 - 240 °C392 - 464 °FMolding Temp

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