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Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Polymer Name
- Plastics & Elastomers Functions
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Benefits
- High resistance to heat: Fluon ETFE has a continuous use temperature of 150°C.
- Excellent chemical resistance
- Outstanding physical toughness: Fluon ETFE has better physical properties than most other fluoropolymers.
- Low smoke and flame characteristics: Fluon ETFE is rated 94 V-0 by Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
- Outstanding resistance to weather and aging
- Good dielectric properties
- Non-stick characteristics
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Plastics & Elastomers Processing Methods
- Applications
- Wire & cable (automotive, industrial, aerospace, transit, and appliance markets)
- Film and sheets
- Tubing and pipe
- Electronic components
- Electrostatic and rotomolded vessel linings
- Valves, fittings, and pump housings
Properties
- Flame Rating
- Typical Properties
- ASTM Classifications
Fluon ETFE grades C-55A, C-55AX, C-88A, C-88AX are ASTM D-3159 type I, grade 1. ETFE grade C-88AXM is ASTM D 3159 type I, grade 3. Your AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. representative can advise you of the ASTM classifications of the other ETFE materials.
- UL Yellow Cards
Fluon ETFE resins are listed under the QMFZ2.GuideInfo Plastics - Component section in the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. certification directory. See File E54077 under Asahi Glass Co LTD for specific information on ETFE resins. Copies of UL Yellow Cards for Fluon ETFE resins are available online from the UL Online Certifications Directory at http://database.ul.com/.
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| CLTE (0 – 100°C) | 7.3 x 10⁻⁵ | in/in/ºF | — |
| Dielectric Constant (at 1mHz, 23°C) | 2.6 | — | — |
| Dielectric Strength (at 10 mil film) | 1800 | volts/mil | — |
| Embrittlement Temperature | -125 | °C | — |
| Flame Rating | V-0 | — | — |
| Flexural Modulus (at 23°C) | 134850 | psi | — |
| Hardness | 67 | Shore D | — |
| Heat Deflection Temperature (at 264 psi) | 65 | °C | — |
| Heat Deflection Temperature (at 66 psi) | 105 | °C | — |
| Heat of Combustion | 5900 | BTU/lb | — |
| Melt Flow Rate | 6 | grams/10 minutes | — |
| Melting Point | 258 | °C | — |
| MIT Flex Life | 70000 | Cycles | — |
| Notched Izod Impact (at 23°C) | No Break | ft-lb/in | — |
| Oxygen Index | 32 | % | — |
| Specific Gravity | 1.73 | — | — |
| Specific Heat | 0.3 | cal/g-ºC | — |
| Tensile Elongation (at 200°C) | 530 | % | — |
| Tensile Elongation (at 23°C) | 414 | % | — |
| Tensile Strength (at 200°C) | 725 | psi | — |
| Tensile Strength (at 23°C) | 7540 | psi | — |
| Upper Service Temperature | 150 | °C | — |
| Volume Resistivity | min. 1017 | Ω-cm | — |
| Water Absorption (at 24 hours) | max. 0.03 | % | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- FDA Compliance
- AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AGC Inc., confirms FDA compliance for food contact for many grades of Fluon ETFE. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration concurs compliance on the FDA website.
- Fluon ETFE is the only ETFE resin in the world that is FDA compliant, permitting use as base resins or coatings in repeat use applications in contact with all food types at temperatures up to 150°C in listed applications. Contact your sales representative for more information.
Technical Details & Test Data
- Processing
- Fluon ETFE fluoropolymer resins can be processed by conventional melt-processable resin techniques including extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, compression molding, transfer molding, and rotolining/rotomolding. It is strongly recommended that process equipment exposed to molten resin be made of corrosion-resistant metals such as Monel®, Inconel®, or Hastelloy®. Extruder barrels should be long relative to diameter (24/1 up to 30/1 and beyond) and heaters should have the capacity to heat material to approximately 340°C. Temperature controllers should be of the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) type to insure precise temperature control.
- Extruder screws with 3/1 compression ratio, a relatively long feed zone, and ½ to 3 turn transition zone are recommended. Reciprocating screw injection molding machines are preferred.
- Your AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. technical service representative can provide specific recommendations for process equipment and process conditions.
Safety & Health
- Safe Handling Information
The properties of Fluon® ETFE are not impacted by storage time. Storage and handling facilities should be designed to minimize contact with airborne contamination and the formulation of condensation on the resin. Fluoropolymers are not hydroscopic and will not typically need to be dried prior to use. However, masterbatches used to pigment fluoropolymers may contain materials that do absorb water and should be dried prior to use.
Storage & Handling
- Handling Precautions
- Heating Fluon® and Fluon+™ products in excess of 750°F (399°C) can produce toxic fumes. It is, therefore, necessary to provide local exhaust ventilation in areas where Fluon® products are exposed to high temperatures. Avoid breathing fumes or contaminating smoking tobacco with fumes, powder, or dust.
- Thermal decomposition of this product will generate hydrogen fluoride, which is corrosive. Corrosion resistance materials are required for prolonged contact with molten resin.
- For additional information and handling instructions read AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. Material Safety Data Sheet. It is also recommended that the user consult the latest edition of the “Guide to the Safe Handling of Fluoropolymer Resins” published by the Fluoropolymers Division of the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) for important handling and ventilation recommendations. Both publications are available from your AGC Chemicals Americas representative.
- Freight Classification
- Fluon ETFE when shipped by rail or express is classified “Plastics, Synthetic, O.T.L., NOIBN.”
- Resin shipped by truck is classified “Plastics, Materials O.T.F.C.E. or S. Granules.”