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Manufacturing

Units BOPET BOPP PVC
Manufacturing ./. Extrusion Extrusion Calendering
Stretching ./. biaxially biaxially none or additionally transverse
Thickness Range µm 1 to 500 4 to 80 30 to 100 unstretched (100 to 600 unstretched)

Mechanical typical values

Units BOPET BOPP PVC
Tensile strength MD
TD		 N/mm²
N/mm²		 200
200		 150
250		 50
50
Elongation at break MD
TD		 %
%		 100
100		 150
50		 10
10
Tensile stress required to cause 5% elongation MD
TD		 N/mm²
N/mm²		 100
100		 ./.
./.		 ./.
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Test Standard ./. ISO 527-1-2 ISO 527-1-2 ISO 527-1-2.
Test Conditions ./. Testing rate 100%/min, 23°C, 50% r.h. Testing rate 100%/min, 23°C, 50% r.h. Testing rate 100%/min, 23°C, 50% r.h.
Young’s modulus MD
TD		 N/mm²
N/mm²		 4500
4500		 2500
4500		 ./.
./.
Test Standard ./. ISO 527-1-2 ISO 527-1-2 ISO 527-1-2
Test Conditions ./. Testing rate 1%/min, 23°C, 50% r.h. Testgeschwindigkeit 1%/min, 23°C, 50% rel. Feuchte Testing rate 1%/min, 23°C, 50% r.h.

Electrical Technical Values

Units BOPET BOPP PVC
Dielectric constant ./. 3.3 2.2 4.2
Dielectric dissipation factor ./. 0.002 0.0002 0.02
Test standard ./. DIN 40634 DIN 40634 DIN 40634
Test conditions ./. 23°C, 50 Hz 23°C, 50 Hz 23°C, 50 Hz

Dimension Stability

Units BOPET BOPP PVC
Thermal Shrinkage MD % 1 to 3 (150°C) 3 to 5 (120°C) 4 to 7 (140°C)
TD % 0 to 2 (150°C) 0 to 2 (120°C) -0,5 to 2 (140°C)
Test Standard ./. DIN 40634 DIN 40634 DIN 40634
Test Conditions ./. 150°C, 15 min 120°C, 15 min 140°C, 15 min

Thermal Typical Values

Units BOPET BOPP PVC
Melting Point °C 260 166 200 bis 220
Glass transition temperature °C 70 -20 80
Test standard ./. DSC DSC DSC
Test conditions ./. 3 K/min 3 K/min 3 K/min

Barrier Data

(85% r.h.)
100 µm thickness, 23°C Units BOPET BOPP PVC
Oxygen (0% r.h.) cm3 /m² x d x bar 17 250 40
Test standard ./. DIN 53380 DIN 53380 DIN 53380
Test conditions ./. 23°C 23°C 23°C
Water vaporg/m² x d 2 0.25 3
Test standard ./. DIN 53122 DIN 53122 DIN 53122
Test conditions ./. 23°C 23°C 23°C

Other

Units BOPET BOPP PVC
Density g/cm 3 1.4 0.9 1.4
Test standard ./. ASTM D 1505-68 Method C ASTM D 1505-68 Method C ASTM D 1505-68 Method C
Test condition ./. 23°C 23°C 23°C
Water absorption % 0,5 < 0,1 0,5
Test standard ./. DIN 53472 and ASTM D 570 DIN 53472 and ASTM D 570 DIN 53472 and ASTM D 570
Test condition ./. Immersed in water for 4 days at 23°C Immersed in water for 4 days at 23°C Immersed in water for 4 days at 23°C

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