COLORANT CHROMATICS HIGH-TEMPERATURE POLYMER FORMULATIONS PRODUCT SELECTION GUIDE COLORANT CHROMATICS HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOUNDS PROPERTY ISO Test Method Units PES PPSU PEI LCP PEEK PSU PHYSICAL Density 1183 — 1.37 1.29 1.27 1.40 1.30 1.24 Mold Shrinkage Flow/X-flow 294–4 % 0.8/0.85 0.7/XX 0.6/0.7 0/0.7 1.0/1.3 0.7 MECHANICAL Tensile Strength 527 Mpa 85 70 85 200 100 70 Tensile Elongation Yield 527 % 7 7.5 6 — — 6 Tensile Elongation Break 527 % >25 >60 60 3 30 >50 Izod Notched 180 kJ/m2 7 55 5 95 7 5.5 THERMAL HDT 1.8 MPa 75 °C 205 200 190 190 150 175 FLAMMABILITY Flame Rating UL-94 — V-0 V-0 V-0 V-0 V-0 HB ADDITIONAL Steam Sterilizable — Cycles 100 2000 2000 1500 1000 100 CUSTOM OPTIONS Color — — Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Reinforced — — Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Conductive — — Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Lubricated — — Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Radiopaque — — Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Trade Names — — Veradel Ultrason E Radel Ultrason P Ultem Vectra Zenite Xydar KetaSpire Victrex Vestakeep Udel Ultrason S Avient high temperature precolored and specialty compounds are your solutions for high performance products.

X AM-1583903 Black X AM-1583904 Black CUB YELLOW 4

X MF-32780-05B1-2 Natural X MF-32780-05B1-4 Natural X MF-32780-05B1-5 Natural

MONOTRAC GRAY #4 X HC 307640#SR-32185 X ET 295489#SR-32460-02 Red

X Trilliant HC3200-0095 Blue X NM-3843-002-5 Natural X NM-3843-002-4 Natural

X ET76752#SR01057-0001 Mammoth Black X UR-1595904 Black-S SPA BLACK 4

The chemistry variations of a few of these polymers are illustrated in Figure 4. Figure 3. OM6258 tensile properties after 1 week at 70°C 2.9 2.8 2.1 3 3.2 2.1 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 Tensile Strength 100% Modulus 300% Modulus P as ca ls Initial Final Figure 9: Physical Property retention of OM 6258 after 1 week at 70°C.

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CL.GRY.1 W/REGRIND DX9 BLACK/SM/FI/WPP351 4% 070GN2020 GREEN 3

BLUE # 4 T-225-3-3 Gray 3 V STREAK BLACK 1