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Eastman Tritan™ TX 1800 copolyester is an amorphous copolyester specifically developed for use in blow molding and profile extrusion applications. Its most outstanding features are excellent toughness, hydrolytic stability, heat resistance, and chemical resistance. In addition, this new generation copolyester offers excellent appearance and clarity. Eastman Tritan™ TX1800 copolyester may be used in repeated use food contact articles under United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations. This product is certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 51 for Food Equipment Materials.This product has been CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFIEDTM Bronze, with Material Health Certificate, Platinum. The CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFIED mark is a registered certification mark used under license through the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, a nonprofit organization that administers the publicly available Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Product Standard which provides designers and manufacturers with criteria and requirements for continually improving product materials and manufacturing processes. The Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Product Standard guides designers and manufacturers through a continual improvement process that looks at a product through five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. A product receives an achievement level in each category—Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum—with the lowest achievement level representing the product’s overall mark. The Material Health Certificate provides manufacturers with a trusted way to communicate their efforts to identify and replace chemicals of concern in their products. For more information about Cradle to Cradle certification and to obtain printable certificates for Eastman copolyesters, visit www.c2ccertified.org. Search for Eastman Chemical Company in Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Registry.
TRITAN™ TX1800
Eastman Tritan™ TX 1800 copolyester is an amorphous copolyester specifically developed for use in blow molding and profile extrusion applications. Its most outstanding features are excellent toughness, hydrolytic stability, heat resistance, and chemical resistance. In addition, this new generation copolyester offers excellent appearance and clarity. Eastman Tritan™ TX1800 copolyester may be used in repeated use food contact articles under United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations. This product is certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 51 for Food Equipment Materials.This product has been CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFIEDTM Bronze, with Material Health Certificate, Platinum. The CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFIED mark is a registered certification mark used under license through the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, a nonprofit organization that administers the publicly available Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Product Standard which provides designers and manufacturers with criteria and requirements for continually improving product materials and manufacturing processes. The Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Product Standard guides designers and manufacturers through a continual improvement process that looks at a product through five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. A product receives an achievement level in each category—Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum—with the lowest achievement level representing the product’s overall mark. The Material Health Certificate provides manufacturers with a trusted way to communicate their efforts to identify and replace chemicals of concern in their products. For more information about Cradle to Cradle certification and to obtain printable certificates for Eastman copolyesters, visit www.c2ccertified.org. Search for Eastman Chemical Company in Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Registry.
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Mold Release Agent
Product Highlights
- Ease of processing
- Excellent clarity
- Excellent hydrolytic stability
- Good chemical resistance
- Good heat resistance
- Outstanding impact resistance
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Recommended Applications
- Appliances (food contact)
- Automotive parts & accessories
- Blow molding
- Building materials
- Commercial housewares
- Consumer housewares - food contact (fc)
- Consumer housewares-NFC
- Equipment & machinery
- Fruit juice drinks packaging
- Home, garden & automotive packaging
- Lighting
- Milk packaging
- Packaging components non food contact
- Point-of-purchase
- Profiles
- Small appliances non-food contact
- Sporting equipment
- Water/sport bottles
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Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Tensile Strength at Yield | 44.8 | MPa | ASTM D638 |
Tensile Strength at Break | 52.4 | MPa | ASTM D 638 |
Tensile Strength at Yield | 45.0 | mPa | ISO 527 |
Elongation at Yield | 7 | % | ASTM D 638 |
Stress at break | 51 | MPa | ISO 527 |
Elongation at Break | 139 | % | ASTM D 638 |
Elongation at Yield | 7.0 | % | ISO 527 |
Elongation at Yield | 7.0 | % | D 638 |
Elongation at Break | 142.0 | % | ISO 527 |
Elongation at Break | 139.0 | % | D 638 |
Tensile Modulus | 1586 | MPa | ASTM D 638 |
Tensile Modulus | 1569.0 | mPa | ISO 527 |
Tensile Modulus | 1609 (2.3x105) | mPa (psi) | D 638 |
Yield stress | 45 | MPa | ISO 527 |
Strain at break | >50 | % | ISO 527 |
Yield strain | 7 | % | ISO 527 |
Flexural modulus, 23° | 1490 | MPa | ISO 178 |
Flexural Modulus | 1517 | MPa | ASTM D 790 |
Flexural Strength | 60.0 | mPa | ISO 178 |
Flexural Modulus | 1494.0 | mPa | ISO 178 |
Flexural Modulus | 1522 (2.2x105) | mPa (psi) | D 790 |
Flexural Yield Strength | 64 (9300) | mPa (psi) | D 790 |
Impact Resistance (Puncture), Energy at Max. Load at 0°C | 65 (48) | J (ft·lbf) | D 3763 |
Impact Resistance (Puncture), Energy at Max. Load at 23°C | 62 (46) | J (ft·lbf) | D 3763 |
Impact Resistance (Puncture), Energy at Max. Load at -40°C | 67 (49) | J (ft·lbf) | D 3763 |
Impact Strength, Unnotched at 23°C (73°F) | NB | - | D 4812 |
Izod Impact Strength, Notched at 23°C | 78.0 | kJ/m2 | ISO 180 |
Izod Impact Strength, Notched at 23°C | 842 (15.8) | j/m (ft·lbf/in.) | D 256 |
Izod Impact Strength, Notched at -40°C | 12.0 | kJ/m2 | ISO 180 |
Izod notched impact strength | 12 | kJ/m2 | ISO 180/1A |
Izod notched impact strength, +23° | 78 | kJ/m2 | ISO 180/1A |
Izod Impact notched (1/8 in) | 843 | J/m | ASTM D 256 |
Rockwell Hardness, R Scale | 110.0 | - | D 785 |
Tensile Stress at Break | 52 (7600) | mPa (psi) | D 638 |
Tensile Stress at Break | 51.0 | mPa | ISO 527 |
Rockwell Hardness | R 110 | - | ASTM D 785 |
Tensile Stress at Yield | 45 (6500) | mPa (psi) | D 638 |
Temperature | -40 | °C |
Physical Properties
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Mold Shrinkage (MD) | 0.006 | mm/mm | ASTM D 955 |
Density | 1180 | kg/m3 | ISO 1183 |
Thermal Properties
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Deflection Temperature at 0.455 MPa (66 psi) | 101 (-214) | °C (°F) | D 648 |
Deflection Temperature Under Load (66 psi) | 101 | °C | ASTM D 648 |
Deflection Temperature Under Load (264 psi) | 85 | °C | ASTM D 648 |
Deflection Temperature at 1.82 MPa (264 psi) | 85 (-185) | °C (°F) | D 648 |
Typical Properties
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Mold Shrinkage | 0.006 (0.006) | mm/mm (in./in.) | D 955 |
Specific Gravity | 1.18 | - | D 792 |
Optical Properties
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Haze | 1 | % | ASTM D 1003 |
Haze | max. 1 | % | D 1003 |
Total Transmittance | 91.0 | % | D 1003 |
Light Transmittance | 91 | % | ASTM D 1003 |
Processing Parameters
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Drying Temperature | 88 (-190) | °C (°F) | - |
Drying Time | 43927.0 | hrs | - |
EBM Blow Mold Temperature | 15-50 (60-122) | °C (°F) | - |
EBM Processing Melt Temperature | 235-255 (455-490) | °C (°F) | - |
ISBM Blow Mold Temperature | 35-55 (95-131) | °C (°F) | - |
ISBM Injection Mold Temperature | 40-65 (104-149) | °C (°F) | - |
ISBM Processing Melt Temperature | 260-280 (500-536) | °C (°F) | - |
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