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Cohesive (C) or adhesive (A).
Table 2: Adhesion Values (pli) for Typical TPE grades which are polar modified styrenic block copolymers TPE-A TPE-B TPE-C TPE-D TPE-E TPE-F TPE-G Cycoloy C2950 (PC/ABS) 12.4 A 16.7 A 15 A 15.5 C 26.4 C Cycolac T1000 (ABS) 11.9 A 17.8 A 14.5 A 15.1 C 27.2 C Lexan 141 (PC) 12.2 A 14.5 A 13.5 A 17.2 C 27.1 C Zytel 7331F (PA6) 21 A 23.5 A Zytel 73G33L (33% GF PA6) 17.2 A 19.8 A Zytel 101L (PA66) 22.1 A 20.7 A Table3: Adhesion Values (pli) for commercially available TPEs.
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