Plastics, Elastomers and Polymers Reference Materials

Description: Performance of Solesphere vs other microspheres for personal care applications. ...

Description: Product overview for filled PTFE compounds and melt processable compounds. ...

Description: Proper mixing and handling epoxies eases the application process and allows for the best possible performance of an adhesive. ...

Description: Polyurethane (PU) gels are finding its way into more and more applications where improved comfort and functionality are key requirements. Diverse applications such as biomedical devices, footwear, ...

Description: Since their introduction by researchers at Texaco Chemical Company in the mid 1980s, 1 spray polyurea coatings have gained widespread acceptance in the coatings market. Spray polyurea is advantaged ...

Description: While researchers disagree on how much sleep we really need, it is widely established that in order to fall asleep, your body temperature has to drop three degrees. Heat buildup results in tossing, ...

Description: Cold bonding is a joining method that offers important advantages, but it's not right for every sealing application. So how can you determine if cold-bonded gaskets are what you need? For starters, ...

Description: Comparison of Nylon 6/12 33% Glass Fiber Reinforced and Polycarbonate 30% Glass Fiber Reinforced. ...

Description: Polyamide resins are synthetic polymers containing an amide group. -CONH- , as a recurring part of the chain. This polymer was first commercially introduced by DuPont as a result of the significant ...

Description: Although some structural variations are possible, the above formula represents the most common system and is formed by reaction of bisphenol A and phosgene. Its applications are almost always those ...

Description: When selecting a timing belt pulley there are a number of factors to take into consideration. The first thing you must consider is the end applications. What sort of environment will the timing belt ...

Description: Compared to acrylic, static-dissipative PVC offers three benefits that reduce operating expenses and drive down overall ownership cost of a clean room, glove box, hood, desiccator, or other enclosure. ...

Description: Subway, bus, and railcar designers prefer lightweight rubber materials, but some combustion reactions can produce dangerous toxins. Reducing a vehicle's weight can help cut fuel consumption, but ...

Description: Green manufacturing isn't just about saving the planet. It's about sustaining long-term profitability. For product designers and technical buyers, deciding whether to use green rubber products means ...

Description: Rubber and plastic materials for marine applications must be able to withstand water, saltwater, wind, sunlight, temperature extremes, and other environmental conditions. Whether on the high seas or ...

Description: Did you know that there's a difference between foam rubber and sponge rubber? For technical buyers, choosing the right material is quite important. Let's take a look at how these polymers are made, ...

Description: Many polymers do not lend themselves to blends. Human history includes a Bronze Age and an Iron Age, but have you read any books that call our current era the Age of Long-Chain Polymer Blends? Through ...

Description: For many years high owing engineered resins, such as Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP), have been used for very detailed and intricate parts in the electronics and connector industries where function and ...

Description: Automotive OEMs have increasingly become more interested in monitoring cabin air quality inside the vehicle. This leads to the need for further understanding and testing of emissions from the various ...

Description: Polyoxymethylene (POM) or polyacetal is an engineering thermoplastic resin that has been used for the past 50 years, primarily in injection molded articles. POM's benefit is derived from its ...

Description: A new ow improvement technology (FIT) including reactive extrusion and Celanese proprietary compounding technology enables a high ow liquid crystal polymer (LCP) with lower warpage. LCP polymer ...

Description: Vandar® 2100 is an impact modied engineering thermoplastic resin developed to deliver consistent performance over a wide range of temperature and humidity conditions, primarily in injection ...

Description: Press cycle graph and guide. ...

Description: Arlon Silicone Technologies Division does not intentionally use perfluorooctanesulfonates (PFOS) or perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as raw materials in the manufacture of its silicone rubber compounds, ...

Description: Arlon Silicone Technologies Division offers a wide selection of silicone products that comply with the European Directive 2011/65/EC on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (European RoHS) and the ...

Description: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines formaldehyde as a hazardous chemical. It is characterized as a flammable, colorless gas with a pungent odor. Formaldehyde is ...

Description: Silicone rubber laminate insulation materials have a long history of successful service in diesel-electric locomotive traction motors dating back to the 1950's. Silicone rubber is an excellent ...

Description: Silicone foam is currently used as the thermal insulation material of choice for many heating applications. However, silicone foam has disadvantages that limit its use in many applications. These ...

Description: The performance advantages of silicone elastomers are widely known. Silicone provides unique characteristics that allow it to be used in a broad range of applications, including applications serving ...

Description: Basics of silicone outgassing. ...

Description: Study about the evolution of formaldehyde from Methyl Siloxanes. ...

Description: Fluorosilicone rubber (FSR) is a high performance elastomer for applications requiring low temperature flexibility, high temperature stability, and fuel resistance. This paper describes the ...

Description: Design and construction of vacuum bag material is a fundamental aspect of composite fabrication with aggressive resins, such as epoxy and vinyl ester, in vacuum and channel assisted resin transfer ...

Description: This paper introduces the key requirements for resin rich electrical insulation materials for rotating machinery. The key requirements, or stresses that insulation are subject to, are summarized as ...

Description: The requirements for a material to combust are heat, fuel, and oxygen. Limiting the interaction of a material with at least one of these requirements will impede the combustion process and impart a ...

Description: Silicone rubber is universally regarded as the best-in-class elastomer for extreme environments. In addition, silicone rubber is one of the most permeable elastomers. This property is a key advantage ...

Description: Celanese has developed a new family of impact modied polyoxymethylene (POM) copolymers that demonstrate a combination of improved permeation resistance, cold temperature impact strength, and melt ...

Description: This application note describes a test method developed at CPG for the identification and quantification of plasticizer in PVC by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). For a sample mass of ...

Description: An estimated twelve million people in the US suffer from degenerative disc disease. Recent therapies involve replacement of the nucleus pulposus (NP) with an artificial material using the existing ...

Description: IOL are often implanted as a replacement for cataract-damaged lenses, or in some cases to change the optical power of the lens. These lenses were originally made from poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) ...

Description: Benzoyl peroxide (BPO) is added to bone cement as a radical initiator for the methyl methacrylate monomer. BPO is highly reactive and degrades readily, with a temperature dependent half-life of one ...

Description: Silly Putty™ is a material that vividly demonstrates the richness and complexity of behavior that apparently simple materials can produce. When first handled, the initial impression given by ...

Description: In 2000, a major recall occurred in the orthopaedic industry where evidence suggested thousands of metallic acetabular shells were failing to properly osseointegrate and were therefore loose. ...

Description: Traditional strategies for material development can be involved, requiring gradual iteration towards a target set of properties. Design of Experiments (DoE) allows a structured, statistically robust ...

Description: Plastics are ubiquitous in engineering and in many cases have replaced metals. However, plastics can suffer substantially from environmentally induced cracking where the environment in combination ...

Description: The Swell Ratio Tester (SRT™) is an in-house design that allows safe and simple determination of the swelling properties of polymeric materials. The data generated provides insight into ...

Description: The Capillary Breakup Extensional Rheometer (CaBER®) was initially developed at Cambridge Polymer Group under a Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grant. The instrument has since been ...

Description: A client presented catheter hubs that appeared to be cracking during their manufacturing process. The hubs were compound structures with polycarbonate embedding electronics and the catheter itself. A ...

Description: Highly crosslinked ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) has been used in hip and knee replacements since 1998. Although very successful, these materials suffer from significant ...

Description: Cleaning assessment and validation of medical devices has received increased scrutiny from the medical device industry and regulatory agencies in the past 10 years. Cambridge Polymer Group provides ...

Description: Orthopaedic surgeries are some of the most successful interventions currently performed. Hip replacements in particular are now expected to exceed twenty years of use when properly implanted. However, ...

Description: A serious issue for any water-borne craft is that of marine fouling. Seaweed and sea life are remarkably adept at fixing to boat hulls. This condition causes two problems, firstly a substantial loss ...

Description: CPG scientists have developed a formulation of injectable hydrogel that can be used to reinforce human tissue, acting as a bulking agent. CPG hydrogels use a wellrecognized biocompatible synthetic ...

Description: Coefficient of Friction (CoF) is used to quantify how readily two surfaces slide in the presence of a lubricant or oil. Conventional CoF tests use custom built hardware to measure the friction but no ...

Description: Engineers are increasingly turning to so-called smart fluids to solve complex mechanical problems. One specific type of smart fluid is the magnetorheological fluid (MR fluid)which greatly increases ...

Description: Modern polymeric bearing surfaces in orthopaedics are remarkably successful but these materials do not perform well in new tissue sparing procedures where ultra-thin constructs are required. CPG has ...

Description: The third generation ultra-high molecular weight poly(ethylene) (UHMWPE) materials currently being used in orthopaedics, rely on antioxidants to stabilize their properties over time. Until now, no ...

Description: A major complication in total hip replacements is the risk of fracture of the femur as the implant stem is inserted. This fracture can occur intraoperatively in up to 5% of patients and causes serious ...

Description: Replacing cartilage with a functionally equivalent soft solid is considered a superior treatment for arthritic joints. Cambridge Polymer Group has patented a very low friction elastic hydrogel ...

Description: Determining "dough time" for bone cement is critical for the surgeon operatively, and providing that data on a routine quality control basis is currently complex and expensive. Traditionally, shear ...

Description: The elastic response of rubber-like materials is often based on the Mooney-Rivlin model, which describes the material's stress-strain relationship as a function of two empirically determined constants ...

Description: Analytical techniques for assessing the effects of radiation on UHMWPE. ...

Description: FTIR Quantification of Absorbed Radiation Dose in Polyethylene ...

Description: As a manufacturer of high-performance materials for the petrochemical industry explained, most biofuels are a mixture of fatty acids. Created by the reaction of natural oils with triglycerides and ...

Description: Fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs) are a relatively new category of composite materials that combine stiffness and strength with weight reduction and corrosion resistance. Known also as polymer matrix ...

Description: Electromagnetic interference (EMI) can disrupt sensitive electronic components and endanger the lives of the warfighters and hospital patients who depend on them. Without EMI shielding, radio ...

Description: The Abrasion test fixture consists of: (1) a platform supported by a shaft and bearings with 8 sample mounting plates bolted in place, (2) a standard 5/16" diameter sandblast gun fixed in position ...

Description: An abrasion test was conducted on four polyurethane samples. Each of the sample pads (approximately 4" high x 3" wide and 1/4" thick) were mounted on equally spaced 8" arms connected to a shaft ...

Description: Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) are a group of rubber-like materials that combine the processing strengths of thermoplastics with the best qualities of thermoset rubbers. As their name suggests, ...

Description: If your manufacturing company is thinking about on-site power generation, it's important to perform a careful cost analysis. Suppliers of windmills, solar panels, and hydroelectric turbines need to ...

Description: Sometimes, silicone is the right rubber material for food and beverage equipment. A non-organic compound, it doesn't decompose at high or low temperatures. Silicone parts are also easy to extrude, and ...

Description: All elastomers have a coefficient of thermal expansion. Simply put, this value describes how the material changes in length, area, or volume with changes in temperature. In the case of rubber door and ...

Description: One way to eliminate rejects is to document the equipment, supplies and procedures necessary for each project ahead of time; prior to hand-mixing and pouring or meter-mix dispensing your material. A ...

Description: Too many buyers are lured by low unit prices that skyrocket when global prices rise sharply. You can control your agreements with vendors, but your business cannot control the weather, political ...

Description: Temperature/humidity control is extremely important in order to produce high-quality parts. Ideally, your materials, molds, and any ancillary components used in the process should all be maintained at ...

Description: Abstract With strong pressures to reduce carbon emissions and improve fuel economy for passenger vehicles and commercial trucks in most geographies, interest in composites by transportation OEMs is ...

Description: Application development for medical devices requires knowledge of material properties to support function, chemical compatibility with sanitizing cleaners and sterilization methods, as well as issues ...

Description: Polyxoymethylene (POM), also called acetal is one of the workhorses of the engineering plastics family. Since its commercialization in the early 1960's it has been used in a wide variety of ...

Description: Reducing the weight of thermoplastics and rubber parts has been a paramount objective in various industries such as transportation, aerospace, hand-held electronics and sports and leisure. 3M™ ...

Description: There is an increase in Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics used in structural aerospace composites exposed to loads and/or load cycling for extended periods of time. These resins, which ...

Description: The demand for composite materials in aerospace is stronger than ever, due mainly to the savings in fuel cost for lightweight structures. The vast majority of composites used in aerospace are ...

Description: Thermoplastic composites offer substantial cost savings and improved performance as compared to thermoset parts. This paper will provide a description of properties of high temperature thermoplastic ...

Description: Plastic gears are growing larger, more precise, more complex in geometry and more powerful. High-performance resins and long-fiber compounds are aiding this evolution. ...

Description: Gear design and development is a complicated art. Ignore or miscalculate the operating and environmental effects and the likely result is a gear set that doesn't mesh properly, which will cause ...

Description: Linear Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) is used in production for a variety of automotive and industrial applications. It exhibits a combination of high temperature performance, creep resistance, excellent ...

Description: Since antiquity, gears and gear systems have constantly been developed and improved. This continuing process includes the evolution of plastic gears, which started out as a curiosity 60 years ago and ...

Description: Low-density injection moldable thermoplastics can save resources and costs in lightweight construction applications. ...

Description: Based on experimental results described in this paper, the use of 3M™ Dynamar™ RA 5300 as a process aid in fluoroelastomer compounds offers both processing and performance improvements ...

Description: Trends in interior automotive continue to include low gloss surfaces and special effect, accent colors. With many plastics, the ability to achieve the proper low gloss surface or special effects like ...

Description: Gas-assisted injection molding allows for the production of long rod-shaped parts with thick cross sections. On aesthetic parts a high-gloss level is a main requirement, like appliances. New plastic ...

Description: The three major qualities to consider when making a prototyping decision are good, fast and cheap. ...

Description: The focal point of design engineers when selecting engineering plastics is the type of plastic: polysulfone, nylon, polyester, or whatever. However, commercial grades often contain five or more ...

Description: Colorants have become an increasingly popular plastics additive over the years. Color improves product appearance and can help distinguish your brand in a competitive marketplace. Color-coded parts ...

Description: You're designing a plastic part that must maintain specific load bearing properties at 100°C. Is that 100°C for a very short time, or continuously? What is the environment the part will be used in? ...

Description: You design a part, build prototype tooling and test the prototype parts. You're going to get exactly the same part from the production tool...correct? Not necessarily. The transition from prototype ...

Description: When designing with high-performance polymers, it's important to understand the nature of plastic materials, their properties and testing methods. Only then can you evaluate the advantages and ...

Description: How do you like your ribs? We recommend "well done" because failure to observe basic design rules on thickness, height and radii could lead to premature failure of an otherwise flawlessly designed ...

Description: As the trend in blow molding toward larger and more complex parts continues, there is an increased need for materials with the combination of high melt strength for sag resistance and good ...

Description: Rigid Faced Double Belt Lamination (RF-DBL) is a term used to identify a continuous manufacturing process for producing steel faced foam cored sandwich panels for use as insulating elements in ...

Description: In this brochure we present you with an extensive list of chemical resistance data for the Quadrant "General Purpose and Advanced Engineering Plastic Products". This information will without doubt be ...