Plastic Components Injection Molding and Custom Plastic Insert Molding.

Nordon the Plastic Component Source for Custom Plastic Packaging, Sonic Welding, and Plastic Prototypes.

Nordon Logo


Profile
Customers
Capabilities
Production
Engineering
Tool Building
Value/Quality
Testing
Materials
Request A Quote
Directions





Partner with NORDON
 The Plastic Component Source
 www.nordonplastics.com
Back to Materials List

HIPS High Impact Polystyrene
Legend

A = amorphous Cr = crystalline
C = clear E = excellent
G = good P = poor
O = opaque T = translucent
R = Rockwell S = Shore 

STRUCTURE: A

SPECIFIC DENSITY: 1.04

WATER ABSORPTION RATE (%): 0.1

ELONGATION (%): 55

TENSILE STRENGTH (psi): 4000

COMPRESSION STRENGTH (psi): 7500

FLEXURAL STRENGTH (psi): 8700

FLEXURAL MODULUS (psi): 280000

IMPACT (IZOD ft. lbs/in): 2

HARDNESS: R65

FABRICATION
  - BONDING: E
  - ULTRASONIC WELDING: G
  - MACHINING: G

DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE (deg. F)
  - @ 66 psi: 195
  - @ 264 psi: 180

UTILIZATION TEMPERATURE (deg. F)
  - min: -22
  - max: 140

MELTING POINT (deg. F): 185

COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION: 0.000042

ARC RESISTANCE: 100

DIELECTRIC STRENGTH (kV/mm): 18

TRANSPARENCY: T

UV RESISTANCE: P

CHEMICAL RESISTANCE
  - ACIDS: G
  - ALKALIS: E
  - SOLVENTS: P
Back to Materials List