Co-extruded, High Impact PC, High Gloss Sheet
Introduction
ALLEN® ALEXTRA™ ET offers a weatherable, durable and ductile, high and low temperature resistant PC sheet product that will meet your most extreme outdoor application.
General
Information
ALLEN® ALEXTRA™ ET has been tested under laboratory conditions and has achieved a UL94 HB rating at 0.118 in (3.0mm).
Suggested
Applications
- Industrial
- Heavy Truck / Bus
- Marine
- Recreational Vehicle
- Personal Recreation
- Agriculture / Construction
Features
- Excellent physical property retention
- Excellent UV properties
- Low temperature Impact to -60°C
- Chemical resistant
- Abrasion resistant
- Repairable surface
- Low coefficient of friction
- High heat deflection temperature
- Excellent bondability
- High gloss finish
Environmental
& Safety
Considerations
SEKISUI KYDEX®, LLC is committed to ensuring that its products can be manufactured, transported, stored, used, disposed and recycled with an appropriate regard for safety, health and environmental protection. We support the safe handling of our products. Please contact our Technical Service department at 800.682.8758 for resources or visit our website: http://www.kydex.com. For Material Safety Data Sheets, please call 800.325.3133.
| Property | Test Method | Typical Value1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHYSICAL | |||
| Specific Gravity | ASTM D792 | 1.18 g/cc | |
| Water | ISO 62 | 0.35% | |
| MECHANICAL | |||
| Tensile Strength | ASTM D638 | 57.9 MPa | 8,400 psi |
| Tensile Strain (yield) | ASTM D638 | 6% | |
| Tensile Strain (break) | ASTM D638 | 130% | |
| Tensile Modulus | ASTM D638 | 2,061.5 MPa | 299,000 psi |
| Flexural Stress | ASTM D790 | 88.2 MPa | 12,800 psi |
| Flexural Modulus | ASTM D790 | 2,061.5 MPa | 299,000 psi |
| Notched Izod Impact Resistance @ 73°F (23°C) | ASTM D256 | 801 J/m | 15 ft-lbs/in |
| Notched Izod Impact Resistance @ -22°F (-30°C) | ASTM D256 | 678 J/m | 12.7 ft-lbs/in |
| Notched Izod Impact Resistance @ -60°F (-51°C) | ASTM D256 | 587 J/m | 11 ft-lbs/in |
| Instrumented Impact Total Energy, 73°F | ASTM D3763 | 53 J | 467 in-lb |
| THERMAL | |||
| Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT) 264 psi (1.8 MPa), Unannealed | ASTM D648 | 120.5°C | 249°F |
| Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT) 66 psi (0.45 MPa), Unannealed | ASTM D648 | 134.4°C | 274°F |
| CTE Flow (-40°F – 100°F) | ASTM E831 | 3.70 x 10-5 1/°F | |
| Mold Shrinkage | GE Method | 0.4 – 0.8 % | |
| FLAMMABILITY | |||
| Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.® Component Recognition | UL Standard 942 | HB @ 0.118 in (3.0mm) | |
| Oxygen Index | ISO 4589 | 35% | |
| 1 Data taken from resin data sheets. This chart is for overview purposes only. 2 ALLEN® ALEXTRA™ ET has been tested under laboratory conditions and has passed UL 94HB criteria. SEKISUI KYDEX, LLC makes no warranty or guarantee that these products will meet UL 94HB in the part’s final, finished configuration. Not intended for specification purposes. | |||