Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Polymer Name
- Plastics & Elastomers Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Materials Features
- Key Attributes
- Designed for superior balance of stiffness and impact strength
- Excellent processability
- high melt strength for blown film applications
- Performs at low temperatures
- Performance Characteristics
- Increased melt strength resulting in more uniform wall thickness distribution
- Opportunities for downgauging and part weight reduction
- Improved impact properties
- Outstanding stiffness, providing increased top load properties
- Exceptional esthetics and color
- Opportunities for intermaterial replacement
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
- Plastics & Elastomers Processing Methods
- Rigid Packaging Applications
Braskem thermoforming grades allow clients to utilize a single resin for a wide range of applications that require varying levels of stiffness, clarity, or impact, creating a simplified inventory approach.
- Single grade inventory
- Reduced storage complexity
- Simple order processing
- Blends well with other resins
Properties
- Typical Properties
- Control Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Elongation at Yield (2 in/min, 50 mm/min) | 17 | % | ASTM D-638 |
| Flexural Modulus (0.05 in/min, 1.3 mm/min, 1% secant) | 1,207 | MPa | ASTM D-790A |
| Gardner Impact Strength (at -29°C) | 28 | J | ASTM D-5420G |
| Notched Izod Impact Strength (at 23°C) | No Break | — | ASTM D-256A |
| Tensile Strength at Yield (2 in/min, 50 mm/min) | 26 | MPa | ASTM D-638 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Nominal Melt Flow (230°C/2.16kg) | 1.6 | g/10 min | ASTM D-1238 |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance