Lexan Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offering light weight and break resistance
Polycarbonate materials have a unique balance of useful features including temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastics. Polycarbonate is a very rugged material. Though it has higher impact-resistance, it's got low scratch-resistance and so a hard coating is often applied to polycarbonate eyeglasses lenses as well as polycarbonate exterior automotive equipment. The properties relating to polycarbonate are similar to that of those of common Acrylic materials, although polycarbonate definitely is stronger, it is usable in a wider temperature range and is a bit more expensive. This plastic polymer is highly transparent to visible light and it has better light transmission characteristics than many kinds of glass. Polycarbonate has a glass transition temperature near 150 °C (302 °F), consequently it softens slowly above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools a...