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SABIC Innovative Plastics ULTEM 1285 Polyetherimide (North America)

Subcategory: Polyetherimide; Polymer; Thermoplastic

Close Analogs: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced on August 31st, 2007, the completion of its purchase of GE Plastics.

Material Notes:
Information provided by GE Plastics for their North American product line. MatWeb has a separate entry for the European data sheet.

Physical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Density	1.29 g/cc	0.0466 lb/in³	ASTM D 792
Linear Mold Shrinkage	0.006 - 0.007 cm/cm	0.006 - 0.007 in/in	Flow, 0.125 inch; ASTM D 955
Melt Flow	8.1 g/10 min	8.1 g/10 min	295C/6.6 kgf; ASTM D 1238
Mechanical Properties
Tensile Strength @ Break	82.7 MPa	12000 psi	Type I, 0.2 in/min; ASTM D 638
Tensile Strength @ Yield	110 MPa	16000 psi	Type I, 0.2 in/min; ASTM D 638
Elongation at Break	60 %	60 %	Type I, 0.2 in/min; ASTM D 638
Tensile Modulus	3.38 GPa	490 ksi	0.2 in/min; ASTM D 638
Flexural Modulus	3.38 GPa	490 ksi	0.10 in/min, 4" span; ASTM D 790
Flexural Yield Strength	165 MPa	24000 psi	0.10 in/min, 4" span; ASTM D 790
Gardner Impact @ 23°C	40.7 J	30 ft-lb	Instrumented Impact Total Energy, 73°F; ASTM D 3763
Izod Impact, Notched	0.267 J/cm	0.5 ft-lb/in	73F; ASTM D 256
Izod Impact, Notched	9.5 J/cm	17.8 ft-lb/in	Reverse Notched, 73F; ASTM D 256
Thermal Properties
CTE, linear 68°F	48.6 µm/m-°C	27 µin/in-°F	Flow, -40F to 100F; ASTM E 831
CTE, linear 68°F, Transverse to Flow	48.6 µm/m-°C	27 µin/in-°F	from -40F to 100F; ASTM E 831
Deflection Temperature at 1.8 MPa (264 psi)	165 °C	329 °F	0.250 inch, unannealed; ASTM D 648
Vicat Softening Point	181 °C	358 °F	Rate B; ASTM D 1525