Fluorescent 500 plastic

Shortening PTFE plastic
Color White
Common uses Electrical applications in aircraft, robots, electrical machines, gaskets, pipes, filters, self-lubricating bearings, coating in pans, foil, surface coating in chemical equipment, electrical insulation material, etc.
Type Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Benefits
  • Limitations
  • Properties
  • Documents
  • High chemical resistance.
  • Not attacked by acids, bases, and most organic solvents.
  • Withstands up to + 260 ° C continuously.
  • Tough at low temperatures down to -160 ° C.
  • Lowest friction of all plastics.
  • Good electrical and dielectric properties.
  • Very low water absorption.
  • High melt viscosity makes the material difficult to work with.
  • Poor creep resistance.
  • High density relative to other plastics.
  • Attacked by molten alkali metals, fluorine gas, oxygen difluoride, and chlorine
  • Low abrasion resistance.
  • Limited load capacity.

Specific properties

Fluorescent 500 has nine times greater resistance to deformation under load than unfilled PTFE. The plastics coefficient of linear thermal expansion approaches the expansion rate of aluminum and often eliminates fit and clearance problems. Fluorescent 500 has better wear characteristics, maintains low frictional properties, and is non-abrasive to most mating materials.