Bemalon PE 500
| Shortening | PE 500 |
|---|---|
| Color | White, colorless |
| Coloring options | Unlimited |
| Common uses | Household items, bottles, pipes, buckets, fuel tanks, cable insulation, etc. |
| Type | Polyethylene |
- Benefits
- Limitations
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- Molecular weight 500 000 g/mol.
- Bemalon PE 500 has very good impact resistance over a wide temperature range; more impact-resistant than e.g. PE 300.
- Good electrical properties.
- Low water absorption
- Resistant to most chemicals.
- Can be used in contact with food.
- Stiffened with filler or fiberglass
- Low weight, density 0.940 – 0.965 g/cubic centimeter.
- Low Price
- Very high coefficient of longitudinal expansion.
- Very high coefficient of longitudinal expansion.
- Poor fatigue strength than polypropylene.
- Burns fiercely.
- Attacked by oxidizing acids.
- High shape shrinkage
- Hard to glue
- Sensitive to stress corrosion.
- Poor weather resistance (if not black).
- Difficult to provide text without prior surface treatment.
- Low scratch resistance.
- Mechanical properties, strongly temperature dependent.
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