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APPLICATIONS
Acrylic has many benefiting characteristics
that makes it the most outstanding material for a wide range
of products. Signboards, lighting, aquarium, shades, and many
other furniture products utilize acrylic to achieve the brilliant
and elegant finish that attracts the customer. The versatility
of Trucast enables manufacturers to fabricate any size and
any color into appealing commodities.
APPLICATIONS OF ACRYLIC SHEETS
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Signage |
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Lighting |
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Displays |
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Aquariams |
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Windsreens |
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Architectural |
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Skylights |
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Sky Domes |
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Housewares |
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Picture
Frames |
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Architectural
Safety Glazing |
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Furniture |
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Bathware |
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| Properties |
ASTM |
Units |
Trucast |
High
Impact |
| Specific
Gravity |
D
792-60 T |
|
1.19 |
1.19 |
| Optical |
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| Refractive
index |
D
542-50 |
|
1.49 |
1.49 |
| Light
transmittance |
D
1003-61 |
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| Parallel |
|
% |
92 |
92 |
| Total |
|
% |
93 |
93 |
| Haze |
|
% |
1 |
1 |
| Mechanical |
| Tensile
strength |
D
638-61 T |
|
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|
| Rupture |
|
kg/cm2 |
758 |
520 |
| Modulus
of Elasticity |
|
kg/cm2 |
3
X 104 |
2.56
X 104 |
| Elongation
at Rupture |
|
% |
4.5 |
4.5 |
| Flexual
Strength |
D
790-63 |
|
|
|
| Rupture |
|
kg/cm2 |
1,265 |
949 |
| Modulus
of Elasticity |
|
kg/cm2 |
3
X 104 |
2.67
X 104 |
| Compressive
Strength |
D
695-63 T |
|
|
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| Yield |
|
kg/cm2 |
1,260 |
|
| Modulus
of Elasticity |
|
kg/cm2 |
3
X 104 |
|
| Shear
Strength |
D
732-46 |
kg/cm2 |
625 |
612 |
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| Impact
Strength |
D
256-56 |
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| Falling
Ball Impact |
|
kg/cm2 |
0.8 |
|
| Falling
Dart Impact |
|
N-M |
|
21.693 |
| Rockwell
Hardness |
D
785-62 |
|
M
100 |
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| Thermal |
| Hot
Forming Temperature |
|
°C |
140~180 |
160~198 |
| Heat
Distortion Temperature |
|
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| 2°C/
Min - 264 p. s. i. |
D 648-56 |
°C |
100 |
82.2 |
| Coefficient
of Thermal Expansion |
D 696-44 |
cm/cm/
°C |
7 X 10-5 |
7.56 X
10-5 |
| Specific
Heat |
|
Cal/ gr
°C |
0.35 |
|
| Electrical |
| Surface
Resistivity 28°C, 75%RH |
|
ohm |
>1016 |
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| Volume
Resistivity |
D 257-61 |
ohm cm |
>1515 |
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| Dielectric
Strenght |
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| Short
Time Test |
D
149-64 |
kv/
mm |
20 |
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| Arc
Resistance |
D
495-61 |
|
No
Track |
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| Miscellaneous |
| Flammability
(burning rate) |
D 635-63 |
mm/ min |
33 |
54 |
| Water
Absorbtion (Wt. Gain on Immersion for 24hrs) |
D 570-63 |
% |
0.3 |
0.3 |
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| Soluble
Matter Lost after Immersion |
|
% |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Odor |
|
|
None |
None |
| Taste |
|
|
None |
None |
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