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Softer TPUs resist moisture swelling.


Two new low-durometer TPUs offer high moisture transmission and low swell for improved dimensional stability dimensional stability,
n See stability, dimensional.
. Unplasticized Estane X1007 (70 Shore A) and Estane X-4977 (75 Shore A) from Noveon Inc., Cleveland, exhibit volume swell
For other uses, see crescendo.
A volume swell is a musical crescendo commonly associated with the electric guitar.

Roughly speaking, the sound of a guitar note is characterised by an initial 'attack' where the pick or nail produces higher pitched
 of less than 5% in water vs. typical swell of 20% to 30% in other breathable breath·a·ble  
adj.
1. Suitable or pleasant for breathing: breathable air.

2. Permitting air to pass through: a breathable fabric.
 grades. These new extrusion and injection grades also offer tensile set of less than 8% and specific gravity specific gravity, ratio of the weight of a given volume of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of some reference substance, or, equivalently, the ratio of the masses of equal volumes of the two substances.  below 1.10. Applications include protective garments, personal-care products, soft-touch products, strapping, and other medical applications. Tel: (888) 234-2436 * PTDirect: 754XX

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Title Annotation:KEEPING UP WITH Materials
Publication:Plastics Technology
Date:Oct 1, 2006
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