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30% Carbon Fiber (30 CF) PPS

30 CF PPS is a grade of PPS. It has the highest strength compared to the other variants of PPS. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 30 CF PPS to: polyphenylene plastics (top), all thermoplastics (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elongation at Break

2.5 %

Flexural Modulus

17 GPa 2.5 x 106 psi

Impact Strength: Notched Izod

55 J/m 1.0 ft-lb/in

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

190 MPa 27 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Glass Transition Temperature

290 °C 550 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

910 J/kg-K 0.22 BTU/lb-°F

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density

1.4 g/cm3 87 lb/ft3

Water Absorption At Saturation

0.1 %

Common Calculations

Strength to Weight: Axial

37 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

52 points

Followup Questions

Further Reading

Reinforced Plastics Durability, Geoffrey Pritchard (editor), 1999

SPI Plastics Engineering Handbook of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., 5th ed., Michael L. Berins (editor), 2000

Modern Plastics Handbook, Charles A. Harper (editor), 1999

Plastics Materials, 7th ed., J. A. Brydson, 1999