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MX004XB | TPX

Manufacturer

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Resin Name

Polymethylpentene

Product Name

TPX

ISO Material Code

-


Basic Properties

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Density

Density/Mitsui Chemicals Method

Density (density gradient tube method/pellet)

Mitsui Chemicals Method

g/cm^3

0.833

-

Water absorption

Water absorption/ISO 62

Water absorption (corner plate (1mm thick))

ISO 62

%

0.01

-



Thermal Properties

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Vicat softening temperature

Vicat softening temperature/ISO 306

Vicat softening temperature (load: 10N, heating rate: 50℃/h/dumbbell piece (4mm))

ISO 306

161

-

Deflection Temperature under Load

Deflection Temperature under Load/ISO 75

Deflection temperature under load (load: 0.45 MPa, heating rate 120°C/h/dumbbell piece (4 mm))

ISO 75

80

-

Linear expansion coefficient

Linear expansion coefficient/ISO 11359-1

Linear expansion coefficient (temperature range: 50℃ to 150℃, heating rate: 5℃/min/dumbbell piece (machined))

ISO 11359-1

×10^-5/℃

14.4

-

Melting point

Melting point/Mitsui Chemicals Method

Melting point (DSC method, heating rate: 10℃/min/pellet)

Mitsui Chemicals Method

228

-



Mechanical Properties

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Tensile Yield Stress

Tensile Yield Stress/ISO 527

Yield stress (speed: 5mm/min/dumbbell piece (4mm))

ISO 527

MPa

18

-

Yield stress (speed: 50mm/min/dumbbell piece (4mm))

ISO 527

MPa

23

-

Tensile breaking stress

Tensile breaking stress/ISO 527

Breaking stress (speed: 5mm/min/dumbbell piece (4mm))

ISO 527

MPa

12

-

Tensile strain at break

Tensile strain at break/ISO 527

Breaking elongation (speed: 5mm/min/dumbbell piece (4mm))

ISO 527

%

155

-

Breaking elongation (speed: 50 mm/min/dumbbell piece (4 mm))

ISO 527

%

29

-

Tensile Modulus

Tensile Modulus/ISO 257

Tensile modulus (speed: 2 mm/min/dumbbell piece (4 mm))

ISO 257

MPa

770

-

Bending strength

Bending strength/ISO 178

Bending strength (speed: 2mm/min/dumbbell piece (4mm))

ISO 178

MPa

26

-

Flexural modulus

Flexural modulus/ISO 178

Flexural modulus (speed: 2 mm/min/dumbbell piece (4 mm))

ISO 178

MPa

810

-

Izod impact strength

Izod impact strength/ISO 180 (Part 1 of Mitsui Chemicals)

IZ impact test (with notch/dumbbell piece (4mm))

ISO 180 (Part 1 of Mitsui Chemicals)

kJ/m^2

1

-

IZ impact test (unnotched/dumbbell piece (4mm))

ISO 180 (Part 1 of Mitsui Chemicals)

kJ/m^2

14

-

Surface hardness

Surface hardness/ISO 2039

Rockwell Hardness

ISO 2039

HRR Scale

59

-



Electrical Properties

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Volume resistivity

Volume resistivity/IEC 60093

Volume resistivity (square plate (2 mm thick))

IEC 60093

Ω・cm

NaN

>Lower limit

Dielectric constant

Dielectric constant/IEC 60250

Dielectric constant (1MHz/square plate (2mm thick))

IEC 60250

2.17

-

Dielectric Strength

Dielectric Strength/IEC 60243-1

Dielectric breakdown voltage (square plate (2 mm))

IEC 60243-1

kV/mm

30

-



Optical Properties

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Haze

Haze/ISO 14782

Full haze (light source: D65/square plate (2mm thick))

ISO 14782

%

2.5

-

Total light transmittance

Total light transmittance/ISO 14782

Total light transmittance (light source: D65/angle plate (2mm thick))

ISO 14782

%

93

-

Refractive index

Refractive index/ISO 489

Refractive index (light source: D-line/square plate (2 mm thick))

ISO 489

1.463

-



Building Properties

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Mold shrinkage (MD)

Mold shrinkage (MD)/Mitsui Chemicals Method

Mold shrinkage rate (injection square plate (2mm thick) MD)

Mitsui Chemicals Method

%

1.7

-

Mold shrinkage (TD)

Mold shrinkage (TD)/Mitsui Chemicals Method

Molding shrinkage rate (injection square plate (10mm thick) TD)

Mitsui Chemicals Method

%

1.4

-

MFR

MFR/Mitsui Chemicals Method

MFR (load: 5kg, test humidity: 260℃/pellet)

Mitsui Chemicals Method

g/10min

25

-



Color

Transparent

Main Applications

Extrusion molding, injection molding, release film, mandrel, laboratory equipment, animal cage, food grade (Japan, USA)

Key Features

Heat resistance, releasability, transparency, chemical resistance, lightweight, low dielectric, medium rigidity


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