Material Properties

Mechanical Properties

Tensile strength

85 N/mm²

Tensile Modulus

10,500 N/mm²

Elongation at break

0.8%

Flexural strength

112 N/mm²

Flexural Modulus

10,000 N/mm²

Compressive strength

190 N/mm²

Coefficient of linear thermal expansion

34 x 10⁶

Water absorption – 24 hours at 23ºC

5–10 mg (0.06–0.068%) ISO 62 (1980)

Thermal Properties

Thermal Shock

2000 cycles (90 sec. at 75ºC, 90 sec. dwell, 90 sec. at 15ºC)
No effect
Should not be used with dry-ice or liquid nitrogen

Smoke Emission

Low Smoke Emission – BS 6853 1999 App. D Clause d.8.4
Result – Ao(on) 8.75, Ao(off) 10.41

Flammability

Class 0

Thermal Decomposition

350ºC

Glass transition temperature (Tg)

120 – 130ºC

Radioactive Decontamination

Decontamination factor (geometric mean)

5598.0

Deviation factor

1.25

Ease of radioactive decontamination classification

"Excellent"

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