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appl
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Ans:Mater
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ter
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operti
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l
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i
cationsareasfol
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ows,

1.Mechanicalproperti
es:I napplicati
onswher eplast
iccomponent saredesignedto
wi
thst
andst ress,themechani calproperti
esofpol ymerspl ayapar t
icul
arl
y
i
mportantrole.Thef undament almechani calmat eri
alcharacter
isti
csincl
ude,
Tensi lestrength:r esi
stancet obeingpul l
edapar t
Bendi ngstif
fness:measur eofther esi
stanceofamat eri
altodeformation
Har dness:measur eoft her esi
stanceofamat eri
altodefor mati
on
under concentratedcompr essi
veload
Toughness:measur eoft heenergyabsor pti
oncapaci tyofamat eri
alduri
ng
impact s
Fat igueresistance:abi l
itytowithstandcyclicloadi
ng

2.Thermalpr operties:Withexcellentel
ectr
icalproperti
esrangingf r
om f ull
yinsulat
ing
toelectr
icall
yconduct i
ve,plasti
csareanessent i
almat er
iali
nt heel ectri
caland
elect
ronicsindust ri
es.
El ectri
cal i
nsulat
ing:Havehi ghresi
stanceorar ecompl etel
yr esistanttothe
fl
owofel ectri
calcurr
entandar ewi del
yusedi napplicati
onssuchas
switches,l i
ghtfi
tti
ngs,electr
icwiri
ngandci rcui
tboards.
Di electr
icst r
ength:Themaxi mum voltagethatcanbeappl iedt oagi ven
mat eri
alwi t
houtcausi ngittobr
eakdown

3.Chemi
calproper ti
es:I facomponenti sli
kelyt ocomei ntocontactwithchemicals,
t
hemateri
al'sresistancet ot hesubstancesinquest i
onshoul dalsobeconsider ed
i
ntheappli
cationcondi t
ions
Chemi cal compat ibili
ty:measureofhowst ableasubst anceiswhenmi xed
withanot hersubst ance
Chemi cal resist
ance:st r
engthtomat eri
alprot ectagainstchemicalat
tackor
solventreact i
on.I tdet er
minesamat er i
al
sr esisti
vi
tytocorrosi
ve
environment s.
Cor r
osiver esist
ance:capaci tytoresistproper tychangewheni ncontact
withwat er
4.Tri
bil
ogicalst rength:Capabi l
i
tytowi t
hstandt owearcausedbyhi ghl
oads,fri
ction,
orsli
dingact i
ons
Wearr esist
ance:Of f
erprotecti
onf r
om sur faci
ngmar r
ingandscr at
ching,
reduct i
oni nnoisebet weenmat edpar t
s.Someofappl icationsarebearing,
sli
des,gear sandcams.
5.Weatherr esistance:Mat eri
alcapabil
it
yt owithstandt heacti
onofvar i
ous
at
mos pher icagent s
Cor rosionresistance:pr opert
yt hatwithstandt oai
rmoi stureandany
solvent
Sol arr adiat
ionr esist
ance:canwi t
hstandUVr ays
6.Fl
amer esistance:Inher entl
ynon- f
lammabl ewhencomei ncont actwithfi
re
7.Dimensionalst abi
li
ty:abili
tytomai nt
ainaccur atedimensionaf t
ermachi ni
ngapar t
8.Durabil
ity:Pr opertythathasl ongser vi
cel i
fe