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Identification & Functionality
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Features & Benefits
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Its superior performance characteristics make it an ideal choice for expanding the use of thermoplastic piping systems at higher operating pressures and larger diameters to replace metallic piping systems in a safe and cost effective manner.
Besides extending the operating pressure limits of thermoplastic piping systems, VESTAMID® NRG 2101 YE offers many of the same benefits, and in most instances more superior performance, as conventional PE piping systems.
- Tough and durable
- Corrosion resistant
- Resistant to heavy hydrocarbons
- High resistance to Slow Crack Growth and Rapid Crack Propagation
- Increased installation efficiencies
- Worry free performance
These characteristics make the VESTAMID® NRG 2101 yellow material an ideal choice when selecting appropriate thermoplastic piping materials in extending your gas distribution infrastructure.
Applications & Uses
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- Application Information
- We recommend a processing temperature between 230°C (446°F) and 260°C (500°F) - in some cases up to 280°C (536°F) - during the injection molding and extrusion process.
- The mold temperature should be within a range of 60°C (140°F) to 100°C (212°F). Drying at 80°C (176°F) for 2 hours to 4 hours before processing is recommended.
- Polyamide 12 is a high performance thermo-plastic polymer with increased performance characteristics that translates into safe operations over the life of the installed pipe- line. It has a considerable record of safe and proven experience in many demanding applications, including fuel lines in passenger cars, air brake tubing in trucks and off-shore applications.
Properties
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- Rheological Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Tensile Modulus (dry) | 189000 | psi | ISO 527 |
| Tensile Strength (dry) | 5800 | psi | ISO 527 |
| Yield Stress (dry) | 5800 | psi | ISO 527 |
| Yield Strain (dry) | 12 | % | ISO 527 |
| Stress at 50% Strain (dry) | 5220 | psi | ISO 527 |
| Stress at Break (dry) | 6960 | psi | ISO 527 |
| Nominal Strain at Break (ɛtb, dry) | 175 | % | ISO 527 |
| Typical for the Mat. Nom. Strain at Break (ɛtb) | min. 220 (specimen milled from pipe wall) | % | ISO 527 |
| Charpy Notched Impact Strength (+23°C, dry) | 21.4 | ftlb/in² | ISO 179/1eA |
| Charpy Notched Impact Strength (0°C, dry) | 11.9 | ftlb/in² | ISO 179/1eA |
| Charpy Notched Impact Strength (-30°C, dry) | 8.56 | ftlb/in² | ISO 179/1eA |
| Charpy Notched Impact Strength (-40°C, dry) | 4.28 | ftlb/in² | ISO 179/1eA |
| Flexural Modulus (23°C, dry) | 181000 | psi | ISO 178 |
| Flexural Stress at Conv. Deflection (23°C, dry) | 6240 | psi | ISO 178 |
| Flexural Strength (23°C, dry) | 7690 | psi | ISO 178 |
| Flexural Strain at Flexural Strength (23°C, dry) | 7 | % | ISO 178 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Density (dry) | 1.02 | g/cm³ | ISO 1183 |
| Water Absorption (dry) | 1.6 | % | Sim. to 1SO 62 |
| Humidity Absorption (dry) | 0.9 | % | Sim. to 1SO 62 |
| Shore D Hardness (dry) | 73 (3 sec) | — | ISO 7619-1 |
| Ball Indentation Hardness (dry) | 11000 | psi | ISO 2039-1 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Melting Temperature (dry) | 351 | °F | ISO 11357-1/-3 |
| Glass Transition Temperature (dry) | 96.8 | °F | ISO 11357-1/-2 |
| Temperature of Deflection Under Load A (1.80 Mpa, dry) | 113 | °F | ISO 75-1/-2 |
| Temperature of Deflection Under Load B (0.45 Mpa, dry) | 293 | °F | ISO 75-1/-2 |
| Vicat Softening Temperature A (10 N, 50 K/h, dry) | 338 | °F | ISO 306 |
| Vicat Softening Temperature B (50 N, 50 K/h, dry) | 302 | °F | ISO 306 |
| Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion (23°C to 55 °C, Parallel, dry) | 8.0e-05 | in/in/°F | ISO 11359-1/-2 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Volume Resistivity (pV, dry) | min. 1E13 | Ohm*m | IEC 62631-3-1 |
| Surface Resistivity (σC, Circular Electrodes, dry) | min. 1E15 | Ohm/sq | IEC 62631-3-2 |
| Relative Permittivity (50Hz, dry) | 3.6 | — | IEC 62631-2-1 |
| Relative Permittivity (100Hz, dry) | 3.5 | — | IEC 62631-2-1 |
| Relative Permittivity (1MHz, dry) | 29 | — | IEC 62631-2-1 |
| Dissipation Factor (1Mhz, dry) | 225 | E-4 | IEC 62631-2-1 |
| Electric Strength (AC, S20/S20, t. 1 mm, dry.) | 1070 | kV/in | IEC 60243-1 |
| Electric Strength (AC, S20/S20, t. 1 mm, cond.) | 1040 | kV/in | IEC 60243-1 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Injection Molding - Melt Temperature | 500 | °F | ISO 294 |
| Injection Molding - Mold Temperature | 140 | °F | ISO 294 |
| Injection Molding - Injection Velocity | 7.87 | in/s | ISO 294 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Melt Volume Flow Rate (dry, at 455°F, 22lb) | 3 | cm³/10min | ISO 1133 |
| Molding Shrinkage (Parallel, dry) | 0.5 | % | ISO 294-4, 2577 |
| Molding Shrinkage (Normal, dry) | 1.6 | % | ISO 294-4, 2577 |
| Mold Temperature (dry) | 140 | °F | — |
| Melt Temperature (dry) | 500 | °F | — |
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 2 years
- Storage Conditions
Inside the original and undamaged packaging, the product has a shelf life of at least 2 years when stored in dry rooms at temperatures not exceeding 30°C.