Application area: General industryLife-science/MedTechFood industry
General facts
Polyphenol sulfone
Shortening: PPSU
Color: black, off-white
Common uses: Medical devices, steam autoclaves, dental and surgical instruments, fluid applications, electronic equipment, devices that must withstand soldering temperatures.
Benefits
Restrictions
Technical data
Benefits
Continuous service temperature in air + 180 ° C
Suitable for repeated steam sterilization
Excellent dimensionally stable
High stiffness in a large temperature range
Very high impact strength
Physiologically inert (suitable for food contact)
Very good resistance to high energy radiation (gamma and X-rays)
Good electrical insulating and dielectric properties
Restrictions
Wavelength-dependent UV sensitivity, especially during long-term exposure
Sensitive to stress cracking during machining
Sensitive to chlorinated hydrocarbons (eg chloroform), esters, aromatic hydrocarbons (eg benzene) and ketones (eg acetone).