Low Plasticizer CAB
Low plasticizer CAB is a grade of CAB. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare low plasticizer CAB to: cellulosic 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
55 %
Flexural Modulus
1.7 GPa 0.25 x 106 psi
Flexural Strength
57 MPa 8.3 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
50 MPa 7.3 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
40 MPa 5.8 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Glass Transition Temperature
140 °C 280 °F
Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi)
82 °C 180 °F
Heat Deflection Temperature At 455 kPa (66 psi)
92 °C 200 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
1460 J/kg-K 0.35 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
0.25 W/m-K 0.14 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
14 µm/m-K
Vicat Softening Temperature
120 °C 240 °F
Electrical Properties
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz
3.6
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential)
15 kV/mm 0.59 V/mil
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude
16 10x Ω-m
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density
1.2 g/cm3 75 lb/ft3
Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI)
18 %
Refractive Index
1.5
Water Absorption After 24 Hours
1.6 %
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
26 MJ/m3
Strength to Weight: Axial
12 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
25 points
Thermal Diffusivity
0.14 mm2/s
Followup Questions
Further Reading
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
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015