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Enhanced UV Resistant Polycarbonate


HYZOD Sunlife

PROVEN APPLICATIONS:

  • Covered walkways
  • Barrel vaults, windows, bus shelters
  • Thermoformed skylights

PRODUCT PROFILE:

With impact strength 30 times that of acrylic and approximately 10 times that of impact modified acrylic, HYZOD SunLife offers the additional benefit of a protective surface layer for exceptional resistance to weathering and color shift. Unlike solvent based technologies, HYZOD SunLife is co-extruded and requires no special forming techniques or molds. Additionally, SunLife can be cold formed to 100 times its thickness for cost-effective barrel vaults and covered walkways. HYZOD SunLife sheet is a polished-enhanced, UV-resistant polycarbonate with exceptional weatherability and superior impact strength. HYZOD SunLife offers an extended service life and resistance to color shift. HYZOD SunLife is easily formed, fabricated & decorated, and requires no special forming techniques on male or female molds.

  • Excellent resistance to UV weathering and yellowing
  • Cold forms to tight radii
  • No special molds, techniques or release agents required
  • Clear, white & solar colors
  • Superior formability compared to competitive products
  • Excel is available two sides
  • Full 10-year warranty against breakage, excessive yellowing, loss of light transmittance

SHEET SIZES:
(Polished surfaces/UV-coat 1 side):
Gauges: 3/32" - 3/16"
Lengths: 100", 125"
Widths: 52", 64", 75", 100"
REEL SIZES: (HYZOD Only)
(Polished surfaces/ UV-coat 1 side):
Gauges: 3/32" - 3/16"
Lengths: 300', 450'
Widths: 55", 66", 76", 102"

STANDARD COLORS: Clear, White (SunLife is also used in signs exposed to extreme sunlight)

PROPERTY
HYZOD SL
UNITS
TEST METHOD
GENERAL
Specific Gravity 1.2 - ASTM D-792
Chemical Resistance Pass   ANSI Z26.1
Water Absorption .125" 24 hrs 0.015 % ASTM D-570
OPTICAL
Transmittance .125" 85 % ASTM D-1003
Haze .125" 1.0 % ASTM D-1003
Yellowness Index YI (3 Yrs) <2 - ASTM D-1925
MECHANICAL
Tensile Strength Yield .125" 9,000 psi ASTM D-638
Tensile Strength, Ultimate 9,500 psi ASTM D-638
Tensile Modulus 345,000 psi ASTM D-638
Compressive Strength 10,400 psi ASTM D-695
Flexural Strength @ 5% Strain 13,500 psi ASTM D-790
Flexural Modulus .125" 345,000 psi ASTM D-790
Izod Impact Notched .125" 12-14 ft./lb./in./ of notch ASTM D-256
Drop Ball IMpact .125" >200 ft.lbs S.P. Test
Gardner Impact 1/2" Diameter Dart >320 in.lbs ASTM D-3029
THERMAL
Deflection Temperature 264 psi 270° °F ASTM D-648
Deflection Temperature 66 psi 280° °F ASTM D-648
Vicat Softening Rate B 310-315° °F ASTM D-1525
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion 3.75 x 10-5 in./.in/°F ASTM D-696
FLAMMABILITY
Horizontal Burn, AEB <1 in ASTM D-635
Horizontal Burn, ATB <1 min ASTM D-635
Ignition Temperature Self 1070 °F ASTM D-1929
Ignition Temperature Flash 870 °F ASTM D-1929


   
 
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