Syndiotactic polystyrene (SPS+GF)

Alternative and trade names
SPS, XAREC

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Description

Syndiotactic polystyrene (SPS) is a crystalline engineering plastic starting from a commodity monomeric material of styrene. SPS offers quite different properties compared to conventional amorphous polystyrene. It has a high melting point (463 K), good solvent resistance, excellent electrical properties with low dielectric loss, high heat deflection temperature, low water absorption and hydrolytic resistance. SPS also offers excellent dimensional precision during injection molding because of equal density of amorphous and crystalline parts.

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General

Property	Temperature	Value	Comment
Water absorption	23.0 °C	0.05 % Show Material materials with Water absorption of 0.05 %	ASTM D570, 24h equilibrium

Mechanical

Property	Temperature	Value
Elastic modulus	23.0 °C	10 GPa Show Material materials with Elastic modulus of 10 GPa
Elongation at yield	23.0 °C	1.5 % Show Material materials with Elongation at yield of 1.5 %
Flexural modulus	23.0 °C	97 GPa Show Material materials with Flexural modulus of 97 GPa
Flexural strength	23.0 °C	166 MPa Show Material materials with Flexural strength of 166 MPa
Tensile strength	23.0 °C	121 MPa Show Material materials with Tensile strength of 121 MPa
Yield strength	23.0 °C	121 MPa Show Material materials with Yield strength of 121 MPa

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value
Coefficient of thermal expansion	23.0 °C	2.5E-5 1/K Show Material materials with Coefficient of thermal expansion of 2.5E-5 1/K
Heat deflection temperature, 1.80 MPa		248.85 °C Show Material materials with Heat deflection temperature, 1.80 MPa of 248.85 °C
Max service temperature		126.85 °C Show Material materials with Max service temperature of 126.85 °C
Melting point	DSC

Electrical

Property	Temperature	Value	Comment
Dielectric constant, 1MHz	23.0 °C	2.9 [-] Show Material materials with Dielectric constant, 1MHz of 2.9 [-]
Surface resistivity	23.0 °C	1.00E+14 Ω/sq Show Material materials with Surface resistivity of 1.00E+14 Ω/sq	min., ASTM D257

Technological properties

Property
Application areas	Thermoplastics is used for automobile parts, electrical and electronic parts.
Fillers	Glass Fiber

Syndiotactic polystyrene (SPS+GF)

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