Material

GENERAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS

Technical Properties Specific Gravity Water Absorption
(%)
Hardness
Rockwell
Tensile
Strength
Yield
PSI
Impact
Strength
Notched
ft. lb/in
Elongation
At Break

HDT
°C

Injection
Moulding
Temp. °C

Max Working Temp °C

Normal Grade Polypropylene 0.90-0.91 0.01-0.03 50 4400 1.5-2.5 200 90 200-300 80-85
Isotactic Polypropylene 0.90 0.01 70 4800 2.2-2.7 200 142 200-300 120
PVDF 1.77-1.78 0.03 76-80 7000 2.0-4.0 50-250 168 200-300 -40 to +140
ETFE 1.70 0.007 75 6700 2.0 300 176 310-330 -100 to +160
FEP 2.15 0.004 60 3400 2.9 325 260 350-370 205
PFA 2.15 < 0.03 72 3600 1.2 300 305 350-370 260

Advantages of Isotactic Polypropylene v/s Normal Grade PP

  1. Isotactic Polypropylene is a fractional MFI homopolymer therefore it has sufficiently better toughness than any other homopolymer.
  2. Due to the presence of atmospheric oxygen, Degradation and Oxidation of normal grade PP is inevitable, even when there is no direct sunlight, while ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE is immune to such degradation & oxidation.
  3. Chemical resistance of ISOTACTIC PP is more than that of normal grade PP even at an elevated temperature.
  4. Isotactic polypropylene has excellent heat resistance upto 120°C as against 85-90°C of normal grade PP, w.r.t water.
  5. This grade is proven in pickling lines (CRM) as well as ARP in steel Industries for handling HCL containing ferrous & ferric chloride at an elevated temp, upto 110°C.
  6. This grade is also proven in Caustic Chloro Plant for application in brine for Anolyte and catholyte service upto 100°C temp.
  7. This grade is also proven in application of HCL with solvent traces such benzene, tolune etc. at an elevated temperature up to 110°C.