Metalon® JS-A101A

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NovaCentrix Metalon JS-A101A is an electrically conductive ink designed to produce circuits on porous and non-porous substrates such as coated papers and polymeric films including polycarbonate and PET. This ink can be thermally cured at temperatures as low as 100°C or PulseForge® processed for enhanced conductivity. The ink is formulated for printing from the Dimatix Samba printhead and various thermal inkjet printheads such as those manufactured by HP. It is a water-based silver nanoparticle inkjet ink, suitable for Piezo (Samba, KM, others), and thermal HP inkjet heads on porous and nonporous substrates, such as plastics and paper (requires PulseForge® curing).

Compatible Substrates & Surfaces: Paper, Plastics, Polycarbonate (PC), Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)

Features: Electrically Conductive, Water Resistant, Water-based

Chemical Family: Silver & Silver Compounds

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Identification & Functionality

Features & Benefits

Labeling Claims
Features

High conductivity

Applications & Uses

Cure Method

Properties

Physical Form
Appearance
Aqueous
Physical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Silver Content40.0wt%
Flash PointNon- Flammable
Specific Gravity1.6
Surface Tension19 - 30dyne/cm
Viscosity5 - 7cP
z-avg particle size (Malvern dynamic light scattering)30 - 50nm
Typical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Sheet Resistance (Pulseforge 1200)25.0milli-ohm/square
Volume Resistivity (Pulseforge 1200)7.8e-06ohm-cm
Pencil Hardness (Pulseforge 1200)min. 4 Hour
Sheet Resistance (Thermal)max. 100milli-ohm/square
Volume Resistivity (Thermal)max. 3.1E-05ohm-cm
Pencil Hardness (Thermal)min. 4 Hour
ParticleSilver nanoparticles
Loading40.0wt%
Curing Temperature100 - 250°C
Resistivity7.8E-6 - 3.1E-5Ohm-cm
Performance Properties
Properties PulseForge 1200 Thermal(3)
Sheet resistance(1) JS-A101A JS-A101A Units
25 < 100 milli-ohm/square
Volume resistivity (2) 7.80E-06 < 3.1E-05 ohm-cm
Pencil hardness >4H >4H
  • Printed on Melinex ST505 with Dimatix DMP-2831 at 20 micron drop spacing.
  • The inks also display excellent crosshatch adhesion and water resistance after full curing.
  • (1) Typical values.
  • (2) Value calculated based on estimate of 50% porosity in cured print.
  • (3) Thermal cure: 140C 10 minutes

Packaging & Availability

Packaging

Standard sample order is 50 mL or multiples of 50 mL. Bulk packaging is also available.