Optical grade (for automotive lighting applications)
| grade name | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|
| light guide | LC1500, LC1700 | Light guide lighting parts such as DRL |
| light diffusion | R1700(W3204ENU), V1700R(W3026E), V1700R(W3032E) | Lighting cover for car interior illumination etc. |
Physical properties table
January 11, 2022
light guide
| Features |
light guiding standard |
light guiding high strength |
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| Grade name | LC1500 | LC1700 | |||
| Main recommended uses | In-vehicle lighting (AMECA certified) | In-vehicle lighting (AMECA certified) | |||
| Test items | Unit | Measurement method | Measurement method and conditions | >PC< | >PC< |
| density | g/cm3 | ISO 1183(JIS K 7112) | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| Water absorption rate | ％ | ISO 62(JIS K 7209) | 24h 50%RH | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| flow characteristics | |||||
| Melt volume flow rate (MVR) | cm3 /10min | ISO 1133(JIS K7210) |
300℃ 1.20kg |
300℃ 1.20kg |
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| 65 | 40 | ||||
| Mechanical properties | |||||
| Tensile (yield) strength *1 | MPa | ISO 527-1,2 (JIS K7161, 7162) | Y65 | Y65 | |
| Tensile fracture strain *2 | ％ | tB80 | tB95 | ||
| bending strength | MPa | ISO 178(JIS K7171) | 90 | 90 | |
| bending modulus | GPa | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| Charpy impact strength | kJ/ m2 | ISO 179-1(JIS K7111) | With notch 23℃ | 15 | 40 |
| rockwell hardness | － | ISO 2039-2(JIS K7202-2) | R scale/M scale | R120/M50 | R120/M50 |
| thermal properties | |||||
| Load deflection temperature | ℃ | ISO 75-1,2(JIS K7191-1,2) | 0.45MPa | － | － |
| 1.8MPa | 127 | 128 | |||
| Linear expansion coefficient | ×10-5/℃ | ISO 11359-2 | 6.5 | 6.5 | |
| Molding shrinkage rate | ％ | Idemitsu method | 2mm MD | 0.5～0.7 | 0.5～0.7 |
| ％ | 2mm TD | 0.5～0.7 | 0.5～0.7 | ||
| optical properties | |||||
| Total light transmittance | ％ | ISO 13468-1(JIS K7361-1) | 3mm | 90 | 90 |
| Haze | ％ | ASTM D1003 | 3mm | － | － |
| Diffusivity | Every time | Idemitsu method | 1mm/2mm/3mm | － | － |
| refractive index | － | ASTM D542 | 1.585 | 1.585 | |
| reflectance | － | D65 type,10° | － | － | |
| Yellow index (YI) | － | ASTM D1925 | 1 | 1 | |
| Flammability/UL related standards, etc. | |||||
| Combustion quality | mm thickness | UL94 | Combustion class/minimum thickness | V-2/0.42 | V-2/0.40 |
| Tracking resistance CTI | PLC level | UL746A | － | － | |
| UV resistant and water resistant | － | UL746C | － | － | |
| Temperature Index RTI Elec | ℃ | UL746B | 80 | 80 | |
| Temperature Index RTI Imp | 80 | 80 | |||
| Temperature Index RTI Str | 80 | 80 | |||
| AMECA | － | Registration | Registration | ||
| Electrical characteristics | |||||
| Withstand voltage (dielectric breakdown strength) | kV/mm | IEC 60243-1(JIS C2110) | － | － | |
| arc resistance | PLC level | ASTM D495 | － | － | |
| Volume resistivity | Ω•cm | ASTM D257 | － | － | |
| relative dielectric constant | － | IEC 60250 | 1MHz | － | － |
| Dissipation tangent | － | 1MHz | － | － | |
| Standard molding conditions | |||||
| cylinder temperature | 240～260℃ | 250～270℃ | |||
| mold temperature | 80～120℃ | 80～120℃ | |||
| Drying conditions | 120℃, 4-8 hours | 120℃, 5-8 hours | |||
light diffusion
| Features |
light diffusion standard Diffusivity: Medium |
light diffusion Weatherproof Diffusivity: Medium |
light diffusion Weatherproof Diffusivity: High |
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| Grade name | R1700(W3204ENU) | V1700R(W3026E) | V1700R(W3032E) | |||
| Main recommended uses | － | － | － | |||
| Test items | Unit | Measurement method | Measurement method and conditions | >PC< | >PC< | >PC< |
| density | g/cm3 | ISO 1183(JIS K 7112) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| Water absorption rate | ％ | ISO 62(JIS K 7209) | 24h 50%RH | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| flow characteristics | ||||||
| Melt volume flow rate (MVR) | cm3 /10min | ISO 1133(JIS K7210) |
300℃ 1.20kg |
300℃ 1.20kg |
300℃ 1.20kg |
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| 24 | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Mechanical properties | ||||||
| Tensile (yield) strength *1 | MPa | ISO 527-1,2 (JIS K7161, 7162) | Y65 | Y65 | Y65 | |
| Tensile fracture strain *2 | ％ | tB90 | tB90 | tB90 | ||
| bending strength | MPa | ISO 178(JIS K7171) | 90 | 90 | 90 | |
| bending modulus | GPa | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| Charpy impact strength | kJ/ m2 | ISO 179-1(JIS K7111) | With notch 23℃ | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| rockwell hardness | － | ISO 2039-2(JIS K7202-2) | R scale/M scale | － | － | － |
| thermal properties | ||||||
| Load deflection temperature | ℃ | ISO 75-1,2(JIS K7191-1,2) | 0.45MPa | － | － | － |
| 1.8MPa | 125 | 125 | 125 | |||
| Linear expansion coefficient | ×10-5/℃ | ISO 11359-2 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | |
| Molding shrinkage rate | ％ | Idemitsu method | 2mm MD | 0.5～0.7 | 0.5～0.7 | 0.5～0.7 |
| ％ | 2mm TD | 0.5～0.7 | 0.5～0.7 | 0.5～0.7 | ||
| optical properties | ||||||
| Total light transmittance | ％ | ISO 13468-1(JIS K7361-1) | 3mm |
90/80/60 (1mm/2mm/ 3mm) |
90/80/60 (1mm/2mm/ 3mm) |
61/52/44 (1mm/2mm/ 3mm) |
| Haze | ％ | ASTM D1003 | 3mm |
98/99/99 (1mm/2mm/ 3mm) |
98/99/99 (1mm/2mm/ 3mm) |
99/99/99 (1mm/2mm/ 3mm) |
| Diffusivity | Every time | Idemitsu method | 1mm/2mm/3mm | 19/31/40 | 19/31/40 | 60/63/65 |
| refractive index | － | ASTM D542 | － | － | － | |
| reflectance | － | D65 type,10° | － | － | － | |
| Yellow index (YI) | － | ASTM D1925 | － | － | － | |
| Flammability/UL related standards, etc. | ||||||
| Combustion quality | mm thickness | UL94 | Combustion class/minimum thickness | － | － | － |
| Tracking resistance CTI | PLC level | UL746A | － | － | － | |
| UV resistant and water resistant | － | UL746C | － | － | － | |
| Temperature Index RTI Elec | ℃ | UL746B | － | － | － | |
| Temperature Index RTI Imp | － | － | － | |||
| Temperature Index RTI Str | － | － | － | |||
| AMECA | － | － | － | － | ||
| Electrical characteristics | ||||||
| Withstand voltage (dielectric breakdown strength) | kV/mm | IEC 60243-1(JIS C2110) | 30 | 30 | 30 | |
| arc resistance | PLC level | ASTM D495 | － | － | － | |
| Volume resistivity | Ω•cm | ASTM D257 | 1E+16 < | 1E+16 < | 1E+16 < | |
| relative dielectric constant | － | IEC 60250 | 1MHz | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 |
| Dissipation tangent | － | 1MHz | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Standard molding conditions | ||||||
| cylinder temperature | 260～320℃ | 260～320℃ | 260～320℃ | |||
| mold temperature | 80～120℃ | 80～120℃ | 80～120℃ | |||
| Drying conditions | 120℃, 5-8 hours | 120℃, 5-8 hours | 120℃, 5-8 hours | |||
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For tensile yield stress, add Y in front of the number.
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For nominal tensile strain at failure, add tB in front of the number.
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The data presented in this document are representative of measurements obtained under specific conditions.
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The uses described in this document do not guarantee the results of applying this product to those uses.
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The flammability described in this document is an evaluation based on small-scale tests, and cannot be directly applied to the evaluation of danger in an actual fire.
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