Home Polymers & Additives Nylon (PA) Nylon (PA) Nylon, also known as Polyamide (PA), is an engineering resin known for its low coefficient of friction, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, heat resistance, strength, stiffness and toughness. Nylon comes in different types, including the most popularly used Nylon 6/6, to Nylon 6, Nylon 11, Nylon 12, and…
Home Polymers & Additives PC/ABS Alloy PC/ABS Alloy PC/ABS combines two engineering materials, Polycarbonate and ABS, to form one compounded resin with extreme versatility. The properties in Polycarbonate, which provide high heat resistance, strong impact strength, and excellent tensile properties, combined with ABS, which provides low temperature impact strength and improved processing, married together form…
Home Polymers & Additives Polyethersulfone (PES) Polyethersulfone (PES) PES is an engineering thermoplastic which possesses excellent high temperature performance, mechanical strength, chemical resistance, and has inherent flame retardant properties. While PES has outstanding strength properties, what is more significant is that there are no significant losses in physical properties at sustained higher temperatures, at approximately…
Home Polymers & Additives Polycarbonate (PC) Polycarbonate (PC) Polycarbonate is an engineering plastic which possesses excellent impact strength properties, creep resistance, heat resistance, inherent flame retardant and dimensional stability. Polycarbonate comes primarily as transparent, and has very good light transmission, haze and optical properties. Its heat resistance, strength and clarity have made Polycarbonate the perfect…
Home Polymers & Additives Polypropylene (PP) Polypropylene (PP) Polypropylene is a thermoplastic in the polyolefin family. Polypropylene comes in numerous variations and appearances, namely, Homopolymer PP, Random Copolymer PP (improved clarity), and Block Copolymer PP (better impact). Polypropylene can also be easily manufactured with different additives and materials to create compounded variations of PP to…
Home Polymers & Additives Polystyrene (PS) Polystyrene (PS) Polystyrene is an inexpensive, thermoplastic that is easily processed and possesses good optical clarity, high gloss, good dimensional stability and rigidity. With the addition of synthetic rubber, general purpose polystyrene can be altered into high impact polystyrene, adding strength in impact properties. Due to its relative inexpensive…
Home Polymers & Additives Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) PTFE Powder is an additive that can be used in compounding, to promote superior properties including low friction, low adhesion, and flame-heat-chemical-weather resistance. Our PTFE’s can be compounded in plastics, inks, and oils, and are able to easily blend with high heat and high performance polymers such…
Home Polymers & Additives SAN (AS) SAN (AS) SAN is a copolymer of Styrene and Acrylonitrile. Combining the properties of dimensional stability, ease or processing, and optical clarity found in Styrene, with the chemical resistance and surface hardness found in Acrylonitrile, SAN is formed to provide the market with a highly transparent, rigid, chemically resistant…
Home Polymers & Additives Styrene Butadiene Copolymer (SBC) Styrene Butadiene Copolymer (SBC) SBC is a copolymer primarily of Styrene and Butadiene. Butadiene’s inherent flexural and impact strength properties, mixed with Styrene’s naturally clarified properties, combine to produce a plastic compound that is highly transparent, has high gloss, and excellent bend and flex properties. Common uses…