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resistant to chemicals
easy and light weighted
long living
low friction
relatively cheap
flexible
tough
ductile
sun resistant
ability to dampen water shock
Pressure Nominal - PN
PE pipes are produced in different pressure grades (PN grades), which indicates the
pressure in bars the pipe can support with water at 20 oC.
1 bar = 105 Pa (N/m2) = 0.1 N/mm2 = 10,197 kp/m2 = 10.20 m H2O = 0.9869 atm =
14.50 psi (lbf/in2) = 106 dyn/cm2 = 750 mmHg
Yellow PN 4
Red PN 6
Blue PN 10
Green PN 16
Classed by Materials
Polyethylene pipes are also classified by the type of material used:
The Minimum Required Strength - MRS - according ISO 4427 for the different materials
are:
PE 100 10 (100)
PE 80 8 (80)
PE 63 6.3 (63)
PE 40 4 (40)
PE (PolyEthylene) Pipes - Minimum Required Strength - MRS
PE 32 3.2 (32)