Apec® 2097

Polycarbonate
Covestro - Polycarbonates

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Technical Data
Product Description
MVR (330°C/2.16kg) 8 cm³/10 min; high viscosity; easy release; UV stabilized; 'softening temperature (VST/B 120)=202 °C; injection molding melt temperature 330 - 340°C; Lamp covers; Headlamp lenses
General
Material Status
• Commercial: Active

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Availability
Additive
Features
Uses
RoHS Compliance
Processing Method

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Technical Datasheet (Chinese (Traditional))
Technical Datasheet (Chinese)
Technical Datasheet (English)
Technical Datasheet (German)
Technical Datasheet (Japanese)
E41613-486027
Covestro - Polycarbonates
Apec®
Africa & Middle East
Asia Pacific
Good Flow
Automotive Applications

• High Viscosity
• Lighting Applications

Injection Molding
Nominal Value (English)
1.13 g/cm³
8.0 g/10 min
0.488 in³/10min
0.90 %
0.90 %

Nominal Value (SI)
1.13 g/cm³
8.0 g/10 min
8.00 cm³/10min

Test Method
ISO 1183
ISO 1133
ISO 1133
ISO 294-4

0.90 %
0.90 %
ISO 62

0.30 %
0.12 %
Nominal Value (English)
355000 psi
11000 psi
6.9 %
> 50 %
355000 psi

Flexural Modulus (73°F (23°C))
Flexural Stress (73°F (23°C))
Impact
Charpy Unnotched Impact Strength
-22°F (-30°C)
73°F (23°C)
Hardness
Ball Indentation Hardness
Thermal
Heat Deflection Temperature
66 psi (0.45 MPa), Unannealed
264 psi (1.8 MPa), Unannealed
Vicat Softening Temperature

• Good Mold Release
• Lenses

RoHS Compliant

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• North America

UV Stabilizer

Physical
Density (73°F (23°C))
Melt Mass-Flow Rate (MFR) (330°C/2.16 kg)
Melt Volume-Flow Rate (MVR) (330°C/2.16 kg)
Molding Shrinkage 4
Across Flow : 0.0787 in (2.00 mm)
Flow : 0.0787 in (2.00 mm)
Water Absorption
Saturation, 73°F (23°C)
Equilibrium, 73°F (23°C), 50% RH
Mechanical
Tensile Modulus (73°F (23°C))
Tensile Stress (Yield, 73°F (23°C))
Tensile Strain (Yield, 73°F (23°C))
Nominal Tensile Strain at Break
73°F (23°C)

• Europe
• Latin America

0.30 %
0.12 %
Nominal Value (SI)
2450 MPa
76.0 MPa
6.9 %
> 50 %
2450 MPa

16000 psi
Nominal Value (English)

110 MPa
Nominal Value (SI)

No Break  
No Break  
Nominal Value (English)
18900 psi
Nominal Value (English)

No Break  
No Break  
Nominal Value (SI)
130 MPa
Nominal Value (SI)

376 °F
342 °F
396 °F

191 °C
172 °C
202 °C

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Test Method
ISO 527-2/1
ISO 527-2/50
ISO 527-2/50
ISO 527-2/50
ISO 178
ISO 178
Test Method
ISO 179/1eU

Test Method
ISO 2039-1
Test Method
 
ISO 75-2/B
ISO 75-2/A
ISO 306/B120
Form No. TDS-102695-en

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Document Created:  Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Added to Prospector:  May, 2007
Last Updated:  8/27/2015