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Overview of materials for Polystyrene, Wood Filled
Categories: Polymer; Thermoplastic; Polystyrene (PS); Polystyrene, Wood Filled

Material Notes: This property data is a summary of similar materials in the MatWeb database for the category "Polystyrene, Wood Filled". Each property range of values reported is minimum and maximum values of appropriate MatWeb entries. The comments report the average value, and number of data points used to calculate the average. The values are not necessarily typical of any specific grade, especially less common values and those that can be most affected by additives or processing methods.

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Physical PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Density 1.07 - 1.25 g/cc0.0388 - 0.0452 lb/in³Average value: 1.16 g/cc Grade Count:3
Linear Mold Shrinkage 0.000100 - 0.00260 cm/cm0.000100 - 0.00260 in/inAverage value: 0.00117 cm/cm Grade Count:3
 
Mechanical PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Tensile Strength, Ultimate 20.0 - 29.0 MPa2900 - 4210 psiAverage value: 25.7 MPa Grade Count:3
Tensile Strength, Yield 23.0 - 29.0 MPa3340 - 4210 psiAverage value: 26.7 MPa Grade Count:3
Flexural Modulus 3.20 - 8.30 GPa464 - 1200 ksiAverage value: 5.57 GPa Grade Count:3
 
Thermal PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
CTE, linear 22.0 - 50.0 µm/m-°C12.2 - 27.8 µin/in-°FAverage value: 36.0 µm/m-°C Grade Count:3
Deflection Temperature at 1.8 MPa (264 psi) 68.0 - 81.0 °C154 - 178 °FAverage value: 74.7 °C Grade Count:3
 
Processing PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Processing Temperature 200 °C392 °FAverage value: 200 °C Grade Count:3

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