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PP impact copolymer is clear, stiff & tough.


A new polypropylene impact copolymer copolymer: see polymer.  for injection molding injection molding
n.
A manufacturing process for forming objects, as of plastic or metal, by heating the molding material to a fluid state and injecting it into a mold.
 frozen-food packaging and freezer-to-microwave containers as well housewares house·wares  
pl.n.
Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen.
 and toys, boasts an excellent balance of high flow, clarity, and gloss plus stiffness and low-temperature toughness. Clyrell EC140R is the latest addition to a new line of heterophasic (impact) copolymers produced with the Catalloy process by Basell Polyolefins, Elkton, Md. Due to its outstanding clarity, Basell says, products can be transparent, tinted or molded in solid or bright colors with high gloss, and have the added benefit of minimal stress whitening whit·en·ing  
n.
1. An agent used to make something white or whiter.

2. The act or process of making white or whiter.

Noun 1.
. The 30-MFR resin has a tensile modulus of 123,250 psi and notched Charpy impact at -20 C of 4 KJ/[m.sup.2]. A 0.4-mm-thick plaque shows 9% haze and 98% light transmission. Tel: 410-996-2000 * PTDirect: 217LH
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Title Annotation:KEEPING UP WITH: Materials
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Jul 1, 2005
Words:127
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