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This is the free Material Data Center Datasheet of Elastollan® soft 45AP - (TPU-ARES) - BASF Polyurethanes GmbH
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Elastollan soft 45 AP is a polyester based TPU
SPECIAL PROPERTIES
excellent mechanical properties and wear resistance, good
damping characteristics and a high resilience performance, plasticized
Processable by injection moulding
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
shoe application
OTHER HINTS
predrying: 3h at 75°C dehumidified air dryer,
max. content of humidity before processing: 0,02%
annealing: 20 h at 100°C in order to get optimum properties
CHEMICAL RESISTANCE
For detailed information on the chemical resistance of our
materials refer to this list of chemical resistance
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Stress at break TPE | 34 | MPa | ISO 527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strain at break TPE | >300 | % | ISO 527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tear strength | 42 | kN/m | ISO 34-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abrasion resistance | 39 | mm³ | ISO 4649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shore A hardness | 50 | - | ISO 7619-1 |
Other properties | Value | Unit | Test Standard |
Density | 1180 | kg/m³ | ISO 1183 |
Melt temperature : 190 °C
Mold temperature: 25 - 45 °C
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